Serge Houde
Born: 1953-02-16 in Québec, Canada
Known For: Acting
Biography
Serge Houde (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian film and television character actor. He is best known for his role in Jon Cassar's Emmy-nominated miniseries The Kennedys playing the notorious Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper. GQ's Tom Carson said Houde's performance was "a terrific Sam Giancana (Serge Houde, and where has this formidable actor been all of Martin Scorsese's life?). It will probably set off Camelot guardians' alarm bells to hear that Giancana, the Chicago Mob boss, appears at all—and tête-à-tête with papa Joe, who's committing hubris's fatal error by negotiating with him." Houde began acting at age 35, and he has over 160 film and TV productions to his credit. Besides his role as Sam Giancana in The Kennedys, Houde also appeared in the Seth Rogen-starring feature, 50/50, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. In it, he played Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character's father and Anjelica Huston's character's husband; his character suffered from Alzheimer's. He also starred as The Doctor in episode 9 of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Kevin Tancharoen's web series anthology inspired by the popular video game of the same name. In 2014, Houde received a Leo Award nomination for Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series for his role as drug kingpin David Thorpe on CTV's undercover cop series Played. The following year, he attracted attention for his moving portrayal of a homeless man suffering from Tourette's in the hit Canadian police drama 19-2.
Filmography
2024
- Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane as Walter
2023
- How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story as Probate Judge
- Murdaugh Murders: The Movie as Jim Griffin
2022
- So Help Me Todd as Edmund Grant
2021
- Ruby as Jack Landry
- Five More Minutes as Edward
- The Baker's Son as Jean Pierre
- A Christmas Proposal as Bill Pendergast
- A Little Daytime Drama as Walter Fairchild
- Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6 as Jonny
- The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice as Gus Coletti: Caring Neighbour
2020
- Coffee & Kareem as Jerome
- Christmas She Wrote as Brian
- Love in Winterland as Walter Sprodling
- If I Only Had Christmas as Henry
2019
- Wu Assassins as The Duke
2018
- A Million Little Things as Captain
- Mingle All the Way as Reginald Hoffman
- Christmas on Holly Lane as Oscar
- Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride as Johnny
2017
- A Series of Unfortunate Events as Milt
- Trial & Error as Milton Buckley
- Final Vision as Judge Dupree
- Somewhere Between as Richard Ruskin
- All of My Heart: Inn Love as Mitchell
- Sleepwalking in Suburbia as Dr. Thorston
2016
- Chesapeake Shores as Del Granger
- Boundaries as Dustin Thorpe
- Nine Lives as Stein
- Who Killed JonBenét? as Attorney Byron Burroughs
- The Wedding March as Johnny
- All Things Valentine as Roy
2015
- iZombie as High Priced Lawyer
- The Age of Adaline as Good Samaritan
- In My Dreams as Older Man
2014
- Santa Hunters as Principal Welch
- Lonesome Dove Church as Charles Stone
- Run for Your Life as Tyler Stone
2013
- Motive as DeAngelo
- Dangerous Intuition as Detective Debrinsky
- Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts as Banker
- End of the World as General Ramis
- Played as David Thorpe
- Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures as Dr. Vulnet Grazinar
2012
- Arrow as Judge Brackett
- Notes from the Heart Healer as Violet's Boss
- Hitched for the Holidays as Butch
2011
- Hell on Wheels as Oakes Ames
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules as Mr. Salz
- No Surrender as Detective Hank Wilson
- A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! as Mayor
- 50/50 as Richard Lerner
- Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Doctor
- The Kennedys as Sam Giancana
- Good Morning, Killer as Vince
- He Loves Me as Butcher
2010
- Rookie Blue as Anton Hill
- Human Target as Lecavalier
- Elopement as Dr. Kazinski
- The Kate Logan Affair as Sergent McBean
- Messages Deleted as Det. Breedlove
2009
- Iron Road as George Grant
- Grace as Henry Matheson
- Personal Effects as Judge Wettick
- The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger as Marshal
- The Good Times Are Killing Me as Cameron Derby
- Iron Road as George Grant
2008
- Fringe as General Hayes
- The Day the Earth Stood Still as Scientist #1
- Boot Camp as Karl
- The American Trap as DEA Agent Thompson
- The Most Wonderful Time of the Year as Stephen Windom
- Demain as Richard
2007
- The Invisible as Martin Egan
- Reaper as Cubby Bryce
- Destination: Infestation as Captain Dan McReady
- My Daughter, My Angel as Robert Brault
- Summit Circle as Jean-Pierre Deniger
- La belle empoisonneuse as M. Angelopoulos
2006
- Psych as Vineyard Owner
- Air Buddies as Miles Livingstone
- Sisters as Detective Kalen
- Legacy of Fear as Police Chief Ray Blum
- Final Days of Planet Earth as Korshaft
- Proof of Lies as Dr. Jack Gannon
- Four Extraordinary Women as Bill
2005
- Supernatural as Dr. Mason
- Eighteen as Earl
- The Rocket as Connie Smythe
2004
- A Beachcombers Christmas as Randolph Kendall
- The Perfect Score as Kurt Dooling
- Manners of Dying as Harry Parlington
2003
- Paycheck as William Dekker
2002
- The Dead Zone as Max Kolchak
- John Doe as Sour
2001
- Smallville as John Frankle
- The Score as Laurent
- Hidden Agenda as Paul Elkert
- Largo Winch as John Sullivan
2000
- Wilder as Walker Grimes
- Traitor or Patriot ... (Vocals)
- Task Force: Caviar as Drolet
1999
- Grey Owl as Second Hunter
- Running Home as Ray
- Requiem for Murder as P.M. Courtland
- Promise Her Anything as Frank Seymour
- The Last Breath as Sheriff Mitchum
- P.T. Barnum as John Genin
- P.T. Barnum as John Genin
- Code Name: Jaguar as CIA Director Price
1998
- Musketeers Forever as Roland Locksley
- Little Men as John Brooke
- The Windsor Protocol
- Dead End
1997
- The Jackal as Beaufres
- The Hunger as Mr. Bigelow
- The Peacekeeper as Secretary of Defense
- Dancing on the Moon as Joseph Morrison
1996
- Midnight in Saint Petersburg as Dr. Vestry
- Hawk's Vengeance as Durkee
- Natural Enemy as Sherwood
- Pretty Poison as Mueller
- Highway of Heartache as Clive Turnpike
1995
- Black List as Ministre Paul Rhéaume
- Les Légendes du Grand Nord
- The Wrong Woman
1994
- Windigo as Freddy Hook
- Octobre as Pierre Laporte
- Love & Human Remains as The Cowboy
- Eye of the Wolf as Sergent
1993
- Look Who's Talking Now! as Maitre D'
- Tomcat: Dangerous Desires as Dr. Pace
1992
- Stay Tuned as Father in Yogi Beer Commercial
- The Portrait as John Schroeder
1991
- Omen IV: The Awakening as Morris Creighton
1985
- MacGyver as Lawyer