Serge Houde
Known for Acting · 140 credits
- Born
- 1953-02-16 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Québec, Canada
- Also known as
- Steve Makaj
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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)
Supernatural
2005
as Dr. Mason / Ed Stoltz
Smallville
2001
as John Frankle / Priest
Arrow
2012
as Judge Brackett
Tracker
2024
as Kurtis Lauper
Psych
2006
as Vineyard Owner / Hornstock's Dad
Fringe
2008
as General Hayes / Loyalist Commander
MacGyver
1985
as Lawyer
The Dead Zone
2002
as Max Kolchak
Hell on Wheels
2011
as Oakes Ames
Rookie Blue
2010
as Anton Hill
iZombie
2015
as High Priced Lawyer
A Million Little Things
2018
as Captain
A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Milt
Motive
2013
as DeAngelo / Prison Guard
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1992
as Capt. Bill
Chesapeake Shores
2016
as Del Granger
Reaper
2007
as Cubby Bryce
The Hunger
1997
as Mr. Bigelow
So Help Me Todd
2022
as Edmund Grant
Human Target
2010
as Lecavalier
John Doe
2002
as Sour
Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011
as Doctor
Surface
2022
as Vince Hawkins
Trial & Error
2017
as Milton Buckley
Largo Winch
2001
as John Sullivan
Wu Assassins
2019
as The Duke
Played
2013
as David Thorpe
Somewhere Between
2017
as Richard Ruskin
The Kennedys
2011
as Sam Giancana
Iron Road
2009
as George Grant
Murdaugh Murders: The Movie
2023
as Jim Griffin
P.T. Barnum
1999
as John Genin
Movies (108)
The Age of Adaline
2015
as Good Samaritan
The Jackal
1997
as Beaufres
Paycheck
2003
as William Dekker
The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
as Scientist #1
50/50
2011
as Richard Lerner
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2011
as Mr. Salz
The Score
2001
as Laurent
Stay Tuned
1992
as Father in Yogi Beer Commercial
Nine Lives
2016
as Stein
Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
as Maitre D'
The Invisible
2007
as Martin Egan
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as FBI Agent
Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
as Morris Creighton
Air Buddies
2006
as Miles Livingstone
The Perfect Score
2004
as Kurt Dooling
Hidden Agenda
2001
as Paul Elkert
Sisters
2006
as Detective Kalen
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2011
as Mayor
Grey Owl
1999
as Second Hunter
Personal Effects
2009
as Judge Wettick
Boot Camp
2008
as Karl
Coffee & Kareem
2020
as Jerome
Love & Human Remains
1994
as The Cowboy
All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
as Mitchell
In My Dreams
2015
as Older Man
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996
as Dr. Vestry
End of the World
2013
as General Ramis
Iron Road
2009
as George Grant
The Peacekeeper
1997
as Secretary of Defense
Love in Winterland
2020
as Walter Sprodling
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2008
as Stephen Windom
Santa Hunters
2014
as Principal Welch
Messages Deleted
2010
as Det. Breedlove
Grace
2009
as Henry Matheson
Destination: Infestation
2007
as Captain Dan McReady
All Things Valentine
2016
as Roy
Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane
2024
as Walter
The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice
2021
as Gus Coletti: Caring Neighbour
Ruby
2021
as Jack Landry
Natural Enemy
1996
as Sherwood
Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts
2013
as Banker
P.T. Barnum
1999
as John Genin
If I Only Had Christmas
2020
as Henry
How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story
2023
as Probate Judge
Lonesome Dove Church
2014
as Charles Stone
Who Killed JonBenét?
2016
as Attorney Byron Burroughs
Run for Your Life
2014
as Tyler Stone
Mingle All the Way
2018
as Reginald Hoffman
Five More Minutes
2021
as Edward
A Christmas Proposal
2021
as Bill Pendergast
Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
1993
as Dr. Pace
He Loves Me
2011
as Butcher
Final Days of Planet Earth
2006
as Korshaft
Sleepwalking in Suburbia
2017
as Dr. Thorston
Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
The Baker's Son
2021
as Jean Pierre
Dangerous Intuition
2013
as Detective Debrinsky
Good Morning, Killer
2011
as Vince
Eighteen
2005
as Earl
Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
2018
as Johnny
The Portrait
1992
as John Schroeder
Christmas on Holly Lane
2018
as Oscar
Legacy of Fear
2006
as Police Chief Ray Blum
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
2009
as Marshal
Pretty Poison
1996
as Mueller
Code Name: Jaguar
1999
as CIA Director Price
No Surrender
2011
as Detective Hank Wilson
Final Vision
2017
as Judge Dupree
Musketeers Forever
1998
as Roland Locksley
Hitched for the Holidays
2012
as Butch
My Daughter, My Angel
2007
as Robert Brault
Little Men
1998
as John Brooke
Christmas She Wrote
2020
as Brian
Wilder
2000
as Walker Grimes
The Wedding March
2016
as Johnny
A Little Daytime Drama
2021
as Walter Fairchild / Walter Fairchild/Ted Gerard)
The Kate Logan Affair
2010
as Sergent McBean
The Rocket
2005
as Connie Smythe
Four Extraordinary Women
2006
as Bill
Hawk's Vengeance
1996
as Durkee
Dead End
1998
A Beachcombers Christmas
2004
as Randolph Kendall
The Good Times Are Killing Me
2009
as Cameron Derby
Task Force: Caviar
2000
as Drolet
Elopement
2010
as Dr. Kazinski
Windigo
1994
as Freddy Hook
Requiem for Murder
1999
as P.M. Courtland
Dancing on the Moon
1997
as Joseph Morrison
Black List
1995
as Ministre Paul Rhéaume
Notes from the Heart Healer
2012
as Violet's Boss
The Wrong Woman
1995
Promise Her Anything
1999
as Frank Seymour
Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6
2021
as Jonny
The Windsor Protocol
1998
Summit Circle
2007
as Jean-Pierre Deniger
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013
as Dr. Vulnet Grazinar
Octobre
1994
as Pierre Laporte
The American Trap
2008
as DEA Agent Thompson
Eye of the Wolf
1994
as Sergent
Empire of Ash III
1990
as 2nd Shepherd
Demain
2008
as Richard
Running Home
1999
as Ray
La belle empoisonneuse
2007
as M. Angelopoulos
Boundaries
2016
as Dustin Thorpe
Highway of Heartache
1996
as Clive Turnpike
Manners of Dying
2004
as Harry Parlington
Proof of Lies
2006
as Dr. Jack Gannon
The Last Breath
1999
as Sheriff Mitchum
About Serge Houde
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 têt… With 140 credits spanning from 1985 to 2024, Serge Houde has appeared in 108 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Serge Houde Movies
- The Age of Adaline (2015) — as Good Samaritan
- The Jackal (1997) — as Beaufres
- Paycheck (2003) — as William Dekker
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) — as Scientist #1
- 50/50 (2011) — as Richard Lerner
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