Germain Houde
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 14, 1952 (age 73)
- Birthplace
- Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
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.
Known For
Filmography
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
Movie · as Self
En résidence
TV · as Isidor · 13 eps
Sorcières
TV · as Armand Bussières · 24 eps
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
Movie · as Self
No Return
TV · as Robert Beaulac · 2 eps
Alerte Amber
TV · as Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau · 6 eps
La Bolduc
Movie · as Conrad Gauthier
Heads or Tails
Movie
Victor Lessard
TV · as Victor's Father · 2 eps
On My Mother's Side
Movie · as Michel
Le clan
TV · as Réjean Marcil · 12 eps
Tic tac show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
On passe à l'Histoire
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Fear of Water
Movie · as Roméo Richard
Vertige
TV · as Gilles Roussel · 6 eps
The Happiness of Others
Movie · as Raymond
2 Frogs in the West
Movie · as Jacques Deschamps
Les Enfants de la télé
TV · as Self · 1 ep
En direct de l'univers
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Broken Line
Movie · as Roman
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
Movie · as White
The Outlander
Movie · as David Desmarais
L’est de la brúixola
Movie · as Tom
La promesse
TV · as Yves Chamberland · 26 eps
Les Invincibles
TV · as Alain · 35 eps
The Mysterious Miss C.
Movie · as Ministre de l'éducation
Viens voir les comédiens
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Caserne 24
TV · as Albert Chabot · 4 eps
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
Movie · as Père Lachaise
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Movie · as Augustin Marleau
Omertà, la loi du silence
TV · as Carol Léveillé · 2 eps
Jerome's Secret
Movie · as Jean Nicholas
Craque la vie!
Movie · as Richard Beaudoin
Les grands procès
TV · as Me Oscar Gagnon · 1 ep
Léolo
Movie · as Teacher
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
Movie · as Augustin Marleau
Love-moi
Movie · as Charles
Terminal City Ricochet
Movie · as Ace
Emilie
TV · as Caleb Bordeleau · 20 eps
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
Movie · as Claude Vivier - Age 34
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Movie · as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
La nuit avec Hortense
Movie
Night Zoo
Movie · as Charlie
Pretty Kill
Movie · as Jacques Mercier
Avec un grand A
TV · 1 ep
Shellgame
Movie · as Andre Crystal
Lucien Brouillard
Movie · as Detective
Good Riddance
Movie · as Guy
A Scream from Silence
Movie · as Le violeur