Germain Houde
Known for Acting · 47 credits
- Born
- 1952-12-14 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- 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
TV Shows (17)
Les Enfants de la télé
2010
as Self
En direct de l'univers
2009
as Self
Sorcières
2023
as Armand Bussières
Le clan
2015
as Réjean Marcil
Viens voir les comédiens
2002
as Self
No Return
2022
as Robert Beaulac
Tic tac show
2013
as Self
Victor Lessard
2017
as Victor's Father
Avec un grand A
1986
Emilie
1990
as Caleb Bordeleau
On passe à l'Histoire
2013
as Self
Alerte Amber
2019
as Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
Vertige
2012
as Gilles Roussel
La promesse
2005
as Yves Chamberland
Les Invincibles
2005
as Alain
En résidence
2024
as Isidor
Caserne 24
1998
as Albert Chabot
Movies (30)
Léolo
1992
as Teacher
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025
as Self
2 Frogs in the West
2010
as Jacques Deschamps
On My Mother's Side
2016
as Michel
Terminal City Ricochet
1990
as Ace
Pretty Kill
1987
as Jacques Mercier
The Broken Line
2008
as Roman
Lucien Brouillard
1983
as Detective
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
as Père Lachaise
The Happiness of Others
2011
as Raymond
Craque la vie!
1994
as Richard Beaudoin
Fear of Water
2012
as Roméo Richard
A Scream from Silence
1979
as Le violeur
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005
as White
La Bolduc
2018
as Conrad Gauthier
Good Riddance
1980
as Guy
The Outlander
2005
as David Desmarais
Love-moi
1991
as Charles
Night Zoo
1987
as Charlie
Shellgame
1985
as Andre Crystal
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
as Augustin Marleau
L’est de la brúixola
2005
as Tom
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
as Augustin Marleau
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002
as Ministre de l'éducation
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
2022
as Self
Jerome's Secret
1994
as Jean Nicholas
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
La nuit avec Hortense
1988
Heads or Tails
2018
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989
as Claude Vivier - Age 34
About Germain Houde
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… With 47 credits spanning from 1979 to 2025, Germain Houde has appeared in 30 films and 17 TV shows.
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Most Popular Germain Houde Movies
- Léolo (1992) — as Teacher
- Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion (2025) — as Self
- 2 Frogs in the West (2010) — as Jacques Deschamps
- On My Mother's Side (2016) — as Michel
- Terminal City Ricochet (1990) — as Ace
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