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.
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
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
- No poster
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