Germain Houde
Acting
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.
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tvEn résidence
2024
Isidor
tvSorcières
2023
Armand Bussières
tvNo Return
2022
Robert Beaulac
tvAlerte Amber
2019
Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
movieLa Bolduc
2018
Conrad Gauthier
tvVictor Lessard
2017
Victor's Father
tvLe clan
2015
Réjean Marcil
tvVertige
2012
Gilles Roussel
movieFear of Water
2012
Roméo Richard
movie2 Frogs in the West
2010
Jacques Deschamps
tvLa promesse
2005
Yves Chamberland
movieThe Outlander
2005
David Desmarais
movieThe Mysterious Miss C.
2002
Ministre de l'éducation
Caserne 24
1998
Albert Chabot
movieMatusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
Père Lachaise
movieThe Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
Augustin Marleau
movieCraque la vie!
1994
Richard Beaudoin
movieJerome's Secret
1994
Jean Nicholas
movieLéolo
1992
Teacher
movieFour Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
Augustin Marleau
Love-moi
1991
Charles
tvEmilie
1990
Caleb Bordeleau
movieLonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989
Claude Vivier - Age 34
movieThe Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
movieNight Zoo
1987
Charlie
moviePretty Kill
1987
Jacques Mercier
Shellgame
1985
Andre Crystal
movieLucien Brouillard
1983
Detective
movieA Scream from Silence
1979
Le violeur