Germain Houde
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 14, 1952 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
- Credits
- 49
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
2025Movie
Self
En résidence
2024TV
Isidor
Sorcières
2023TV
Armand Bussières
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
2022Movie
Self
No Return
2022TV
Robert Beaulac
Alerte Amber
2019TV
Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
La Bolduc
2018Movie
Conrad Gauthier
Heads or Tails
2018Movie
Victor Lessard
2017TV
Victor's Father
On My Mother's Side
2016Movie
Michel
Le clan
2015TV
Réjean Marcil
Tic tac show
2013TV
Self
On passe à l'Histoire
2013TV
Self
Vertige
2012TV
Gilles Roussel
Fear of Water
2012Movie
Roméo Richard
The Happiness of Others
2011Movie
Raymond
2 Frogs in the West
2010Movie
Jacques Deschamps
Les Enfants de la télé
2010TV
Self
En direct de l'univers
2009TV
Self
The Broken Line
2008Movie
Roman
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005Movie
White
L’est de la brúixola
2005Movie
Tom
Les Invincibles
2005TV
Alain
La promesse
2005TV
Yves Chamberland
The Outlander
2005Movie
David Desmarais
Viens voir les comédiens
2002TV
Self
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002Movie
Ministre de l'éducation
Caserne 24
1998TV
Albert Chabot
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997Movie
Père Lachaise
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997Movie
Augustin Marleau
Omertà, la loi du silence
1996TV
Carol Léveillé
Craque la vie!
1994Movie
Richard Beaudoin
Jerome's Secret
1994Movie
Jean Nicholas
Les grands procès
1993TV
Me Oscar Gagnon
Léolo
1992Movie
Teacher
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991Movie
Augustin Marleau
Love-moi
1991Movie
Charles
Emilie
1990TV
Caleb Bordeleau
Terminal City Ricochet
1990Movie
Ace
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989Movie
Claude Vivier - Age 34
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988Movie
Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
La nuit avec Hortense
1988Movie
Night Zoo
1987Movie
Charlie
Pretty Kill
1987Movie
Jacques Mercier
Avec un grand A
1986TV
Shellgame
1985Movie
Andre Crystal
Lucien Brouillard
1983Movie
Detective
Good Riddance
1980Movie
Guy
A Scream from Silence
1979Movie
Le violeur