Germain Houde
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.
Acting
Movie
Léolo
as Teacher
1992
Movie
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
as White
2005
Movie
Night Zoo
as Charlie
1987
Movie
2 Frogs in the West
as Jacques Deschamps
2010
Movie
Good Riddance
as Guy
1980
Movie
La Bolduc
as Conrad Gauthier
2018
TV
Les Invincibles
as Alain
2005
Movie
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard
2012
Movie
Pretty Kill
as Jacques Mercier
1987
TV
Victor Lessard
as Victor's Father
2017
Movie
The Broken Line
as Roman
2008
Movie
A Scream from Silence
as Le violeur
1979
TV
No Return
as Robert Beaulac
2022
Movie
The Mysterious Miss C.
as Ministre de l'éducation
2002
TV
Emilie
as Caleb Bordeleau
1990
TV
Le clan
as Réjean Marcil
2015
Movie
The Outlander
as David Desmarais
2005
Movie
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
as Augustin Marleau
1991
Movie
Terminal City Ricochet
as Ace
1990
Movie
On My Mother's Side
as Michel
2016
Movie
Lucien Brouillard
as Detective
1983
Movie
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
as Père Lachaise
1997
Movie
Love-moi
as Charles
1991
Movie
The Happiness of Others
as Raymond
2011