Germain Houde
Acting
Born: 1952-12-14 in Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
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
Les Enfants de la télé
Self
En direct de l'univers
Self
Viens voir les comédiens
Self
Avec un grand A
Les Invincibles
Alain
Tic tac show
Self
On passe à l'Histoire
Self
Sorcières
Armand Bussières
No Return
Robert Beaulac
Victor Lessard
Victor's Father
Alerte Amber
Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
La promesse
Yves Chamberland
Emilie
Caleb Bordeleau
Léolo
Teacher
Vertige
Gilles Roussel
Jerome's Secret
Jean Nicholas
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
Self
Le clan
Réjean Marcil
En résidence
Isidor
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Augustin Marleau
La nuit avec Hortense
The Broken Line
Roman
A Scream from Silence
Le violeur
Night Zoo
Charlie
Pretty Kill
Jacques Mercier
Lucien Brouillard
Detective
On My Mother's Side
Michel
La Bolduc
Conrad Gauthier
The Mysterious Miss C.
Ministre de l'éducation
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
White
Craque la vie!
Richard Beaudoin
The Happiness of Others
Raymond
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
Père Lachaise
Good Riddance
Guy
Terminal City Ricochet
Ace
The Outlander
David Desmarais