Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 14, 1952
Place of Birth
Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
Credits
47 titles
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.
Known For
Filmography
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
Self
En résidence
Isidor
Sorcières
Armand Bussières
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
Self
No Return
Robert Beaulac
Alerte Amber
Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
La Bolduc
Conrad Gauthier
Heads or Tails
Victor Lessard
Victor's Father
On My Mother's Side
Michel
Le clan
Réjean Marcil
Tic tac show
Self
On passe à l'Histoire
Self
Vertige
Gilles Roussel
Fear of Water
Roméo Richard
The Happiness of Others
Raymond
2 Frogs in the West
Jacques Deschamps
Les Enfants de la télé
Self
En direct de l'univers
Self
The Broken Line
Roman
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
White
L’est de la brúixola
Tom
Les Invincibles
Alain
La promesse
Yves Chamberland
The Outlander
David Desmarais
Viens voir les comédiens
Self
The Mysterious Miss C.
Ministre de l'éducation
Caserne 24
Albert Chabot
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
Père Lachaise
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Augustin Marleau
Craque la vie!
Richard Beaudoin
Jerome's Secret
Jean Nicholas
Léolo
Teacher
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
Augustin Marleau
Love-moi
Charles
Emilie
Caleb Bordeleau
Terminal City Ricochet
Ace
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
Claude Vivier - Age 34
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
La nuit avec Hortense
Night Zoo
Charlie
Pretty Kill
Jacques Mercier
Avec un grand A
Shellgame
Andre Crystal
Lucien Brouillard
Detective
Good Riddance
Guy
A Scream from Silence
Le violeur