Germain Houde
Born Dec 14, 1952 · 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.
Known for
Sorcières
2023
No Return
2022
Alerte Amber
2019
La Bolduc
2018
Heads or Tails
2018
Victor Lessard
2017
On My Mother's Side
2016
Le clan
2015
Vertige
2012
Fear of Water
2012
The Happiness of Others
2011
2 Frogs in the West
2010
The Broken Line
2008
Les Invincibles
2005
La promesse
2005
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005
The Outlander
2005
L’est de la brúixola
2005
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
Jerome's Secret
1994
Craque la vie!
1994
Léolo
1992
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
Emilie
1990
Terminal City Ricochet
1990
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
La nuit avec Hortense
1988
Night Zoo
1987
Pretty Kill
1987
Avec un grand A
1986
Lucien Brouillard
1983
Good Riddance
1980
A Scream from Silence
1979