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