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Germain Houde

Germain Houde

Actor · Born 1952-12-14 · Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada

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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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Léolo (1992) — Teacher
  2. Saint Martyrs of the Damned (2005) — White
  3. Night Zoo (1987) — Charlie
  4. Good Riddance (1980) — Guy
  5. 2 Frogs in the West (2010) — Jacques Deschamps
  6. La Bolduc (2018) — Conrad Gauthier
  7. Les Invincibles (2005) — Alain
  8. Fear of Water (2012) — Roméo Richard
  9. Victor Lessard (2017) — Victor's Father
  10. The Broken Line (2008) — Roman
  11. A Scream from Silence (1979) — Le violeur
  12. Pretty Kill (1987) — Jacques Mercier
  13. No Return (2022) — Robert Beaulac
  14. Emilie (1990) — Caleb Bordeleau
  15. The Mysterious Miss C. (2002) — Ministre de l'éducation
  16. Le clan (2015) — Réjean Marcil
  17. The Outlander (2005) — David Desmarais
  18. Four Stiffs and a Trombone (1991) — Augustin Marleau
  19. Terminal City Ricochet (1990) — Ace
  20. On My Mother's Side (2016) — Michel
  21. Lucien Brouillard (1983) — Detective
  22. Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne (1997) — Père Lachaise
  23. Love-moi (1991) — Charles
  24. The Happiness of Others (2011) — Raymond
  25. The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy (1988) — Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
  26. Jerome's Secret (1994) — Jean Nicholas
  27. The Revenge of the Woman in Black (1997) — Augustin Marleau
  28. Alerte Amber (2019) — Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
  29. La nuit avec Hortense (1988)
  30. L’est de la brúixola (2005) — Tom
  31. Craque la vie! (1994) — Richard Beaudoin
  32. Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion (2025) — Self
  33. Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier (1989) — Claude Vivier - Age 34
  34. Shellgame (1985) — Andre Crystal
  35. En direct de l'univers (2009) — Self
  36. Caserne 24 (1998) — Albert Chabot
  37. La promesse (2005) — Yves Chamberland
  38. Vertige (2012) — Gilles Roussel
  39. Les Enfants de la télé (2010) — Self
  40. Sorcières (2023) — Armand Bussières