Germain Houde
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.
Movie Appearances
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
as White
2005
The Broken Line
as Roman
2008
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
1988
Good Riddance
as Guy
1980
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard
2012
The Outlander
as David Desmarais
2005
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
as Père Lachaise
1997
Jerome's Secret
as Jean Nicholas
1994
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
as Augustin Marleau
1997
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
as Augustin Marleau
1991
Terminal City Ricochet
as Ace
1990
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
as Self
2022
Night Zoo
as Charlie
1987
On My Mother's Side
as Michel
2016
A Scream from Silence
as Le violeur
1979
La nuit avec Hortense
1988
Pretty Kill
as Jacques Mercier
1987
Lucien Brouillard
as Detective
1983
La Bolduc
as Conrad Gauthier
2018
L’est de la brúixola
as Tom
2005
TV Appearances
En direct de l'univers
as Self
2009
Caserne 24
as Albert Chabot
1998
Emilie
as Caleb Bordeleau
1990
Le clan
as Réjean Marcil
2015
No Return
as Robert Beaulac
2022
La promesse
as Yves Chamberland
2005
Victor Lessard
as Victor's Father
2017
Tic tac show
as Self
2013
On passe à l'Histoire
as Self
2013
Viens voir les comédiens
as Self
2002
Alerte Amber
as Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
2019
Vertige
as Gilles Roussel
2012