Germain Houde
Actor
- Born
- December 14, 1952 (age 73) · Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
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).
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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
Léolo
September 16, 1992
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
October 14, 2005
Night Zoo
May 1, 1987
Good Riddance
February 28, 1980
2 Frogs in the West
October 28, 2010
La Bolduc
April 6, 2018
Fear of Water
January 27, 2012
The Broken Line
March 7, 2008
A Scream from Silence
September 14, 1979
Pretty Kill
March 27, 1987
The Mysterious Miss C.
March 27, 2002
The Outlander
April 22, 2005
Acting30
- 2025Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion as Self
- 2022Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles as Self
- 2018La Bolduc as Conrad Gauthier
- 2018Heads or Tails
- 2016On My Mother's Side as Michel
- 2012Fear of Water as Roméo Richard
- 2011The Happiness of Others as Raymond
- 20102 Frogs in the West as Jacques Deschamps
- 2008The Broken Line as Roman
- 2005Saint Martyrs of the Damned