Germain Houde
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.
Movies 30
The Happiness of Others
as Raymond
2011
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
as Self
2025
2 Frogs in the West
as Jacques Deschamps
2010
Night Zoo
as Charlie
1987
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
as White
2005
Léolo
as Teacher
1992
La nuit avec Hortense
1988
L’est de la brúixola
as Tom
2005
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
as Père Lachaise
1997
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
as Augustin Marleau
1997
Love-moi
as Charles
1991
The Mysterious Miss C.
as Ministre de l'éducation
2002
Jerome's Secret
as Jean Nicholas
1994
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
1988
A Scream from Silence
as Le violeur
1979
La Bolduc
as Conrad Gauthier
2018
On My Mother's Side
as Michel
2016
Pretty Kill
as Jacques Mercier
1987
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
as Self
2022
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
as Augustin Marleau
1991
The Outlander
as David Desmarais
2005
Good Riddance
as Guy
1980
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard
2012
The Broken Line
as Roman
2008
Terminal City Ricochet
as Ace
1990
Lucien Brouillard
as Detective
1983
Shellgame
as Andre Crystal
1985
Craque la vie!
as Richard Beaudoin
1994
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
as Claude Vivier - Age 34
1989
Heads or Tails
2018TV Shows 19
Les Enfants de la télé
as Self
2010
En direct de l'univers
as Self
2009
Viens voir les comédiens
as Self
2002
Tic tac show
as Self
2013
On passe à l'Histoire
as Self
2013
Sorcières
as Armand Bussières
2023
Omertà, la loi du silence
as Carol Léveillé
1996
Avec un grand A
1986
Victor Lessard
as Victor's Father
2017
Les grands procès
as Me Oscar Gagnon
1993
No Return
as Robert Beaulac
2022
Les Invincibles
as Alain
2005
Emilie
as Caleb Bordeleau
1990
La promesse
as Yves Chamberland
2005
Alerte Amber
as Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
2019
Vertige
as Gilles Roussel
2012
Le clan
as Réjean Marcil
2015
En résidence
as Isidor
2024
Caserne 24
as Albert Chabot
1998