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