Acting · Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada · Born December 14, 1952
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.
MovieLes filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025
as Self
TVEn résidence
2024
as Isidor
TVSorcières
2023
as Armand Bussières
MovieMarie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
2022
as Self
TVNo Return
2022
as Robert Beaulac
TVAlerte Amber
2019
as Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
MovieLa Bolduc
2018
as Conrad Gauthier
MovieHeads or Tails
2018
TVVictor Lessard
2017
as Victor's Father
MovieOn My Mother's Side
2016
as Michel
TVLe clan
2015
as Réjean Marcil
TVTic tac show
2013
as Self
TVOn passe à l'Histoire
2013
as Self
TVVertige
2012
as Gilles Roussel
MovieFear of Water
2012
as Roméo Richard
MovieThe Happiness of Others
2011
as Raymond
Movie2 Frogs in the West
2010
as Jacques Deschamps
TVLes Enfants de la télé
2010
as Self
TVEn direct de l'univers
2009
as Self
MovieThe Broken Line
2008
as Roman
MovieSaint Martyrs of the Damned
2005
as White
MovieL’est de la brúixola
2005
as Tom
TVLes Invincibles
2005
as Alain
TVLa promesse
2005
as Yves Chamberland
MovieThe Outlander
2005
as David Desmarais
TVViens voir les comédiens
2002
as Self
MovieThe Mysterious Miss C.
2002
as Ministre de l'éducation
Caserne 24
1998
as Albert Chabot
MovieMatusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
as Père Lachaise
MovieThe Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
as Augustin Marleau
MovieCraque la vie!
1994
as Richard Beaudoin
MovieJerome's Secret
1994
as Jean Nicholas
MovieLéolo
1992
as Teacher
MovieFour Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
as Augustin Marleau
Love-moi
1991
as Charles
TVEmilie
1990
as Caleb Bordeleau
MovieTerminal City Ricochet
1990
as Ace
MovieLonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989
as Claude Vivier - Age 34
MovieThe Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
MovieLa nuit avec Hortense
1988
MovieNight Zoo
1987
as Charlie
MoviePretty Kill
1987
as Jacques Mercier
TVAvec un grand A
1986
Shellgame
1985
as Andre Crystal
MovieLucien Brouillard
1983
as Detective
MovieGood Riddance
1980
as Guy
MovieA Scream from Silence
1979
as Le violeur
