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