Germain Houde
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 14, 1952
- Birthplace
- Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
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
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion 2025
as Self
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles 2022
as Self
La Bolduc 2018
as Conrad Gauthier
Heads or Tails 2018
Actor
On My Mother's Side 2016
as Michel
Fear of Water 2012
as Roméo Richard
The Happiness of Others 2011
as Raymond
2 Frogs in the West 2010
as Jacques Deschamps
The Broken Line 2008
as Roman
Saint Martyrs of the Damned 2005
as White
L’est de la brúixola 2005
as Tom
The Outlander 2005
as David Desmarais
The Mysterious Miss C. 2002
as Ministre de l'éducation
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne 1997
as Père Lachaise
The Revenge of the Woman in Black 1997
as Augustin Marleau
Craque la vie! 1994
as Richard Beaudoin
Jerome's Secret 1994
as Jean Nicholas
Léolo 1992
as Teacher
Four Stiffs and a Trombone 1991
as Augustin Marleau
- Love-moi
Love-moi 1991
as Charles
Terminal City Ricochet 1990
as Ace
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier 1989
as Claude Vivier - Age 34
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy 1988
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
La nuit avec Hortense 1988
Actor
Night Zoo 1987
as Charlie
Pretty Kill 1987
as Jacques Mercier
- Shellgame
Shellgame 1985
as Andre Crystal
Lucien Brouillard 1983
as Detective
Good Riddance 1980
as Guy
A Scream from Silence 1979
as Le violeur
Credits from TMDB.