Germain Houde
Born: 1952-12-14 in Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Germain Houde (born December 14, 1952) is a Genie Award-winning Canadian actor from Petit-Saguenay, Quebec. He has usually played tough-guy parts; his screen characters have ranged from cruel criminals to corrupt policemen. A graduate of the Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Québec, Houde spent his early years in theatre including time with an experimental troupe in England. His first cinematic role was in Anne Claire Poirier’s acclaimed A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête), where he played a vicious rapist. He has won two Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) and Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit). His other roles have included the television series Omerta, Les Filles de Caleb, Les Invincibles and Vertige, and the films Prettykill, Love Me (Love-moi), Terminal City Ricochet, Léolo, Jerome's Secret, Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) and 2 Frogs in the West.
Filmography
2025
2024
- En résidence as Isidor
2023
- Sorcières as Armand Bussières
2022
- No Return as Robert Beaulac
- Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles as Self
2019
- Alerte Amber as Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
2018
- Heads or Tails
- La Bolduc as Conrad Gauthier
2017
- Victor Lessard as Victor's Father
2016
- On My Mother's Side as Michel
2015
- Le clan as Réjean Marcil
2013
- Tic tac show as Self
- On passe à l'Histoire as Self
2012
- Vertige as Gilles Roussel
- Fear of Water as Roméo Richard
2011
- The Happiness of Others as Raymond
2010
- Les Enfants de la télé as Self
- 2 Frogs in the West as Jacques Deschamps
2009
- En direct de l'univers as Self
2008
- The Broken Line as Roman
2005
- La promesse as Yves Chamberland
- Les Invincibles as Alain
- Saint Martyrs of the Damned as White
- L’est de la brúixola as Tom
- The Outlander as David Desmarais
2002
- Viens voir les comédiens as Self
- The Mysterious Miss C. as Ministre de l'éducation
1998
- Caserne 24 as Albert Chabot
1997
- Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne as Père Lachaise
- The Revenge of the Woman in Black as Augustin Marleau
1994
- Jerome's Secret as Jean Nicholas
- Craque la vie! as Richard Beaudoin
1992
- Léolo as Teacher
1991
- Four Stiffs and a Trombone as Augustin Marleau
- Love-moi as Charles
1990
- Emilie as Caleb Bordeleau
- Terminal City Ricochet as Ace
1989
- Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier as Claude Vivier - Age 34
1988
- The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
- La nuit avec Hortense
1987
- Pretty Kill as Jacques Mercier
- Night Zoo as Charlie
1986
1985
- Shellgame as Andre Crystal
1983
- Lucien Brouillard as Detective
1980
- Good Riddance as Guy
1979
- A Scream from Silence as Le violeur