
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.

Léolo
1992 · as Teacher

Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025 · as Self

Pretty Kill
1987 · as Jacques Mercier

The Broken Line
2008 · as Roman

The Happiness of Others
2011 · as Raymond

La nuit avec Hortense
1988

The Outlander
2005 · as David Desmarais

Terminal City Ricochet
1990 · as Ace

Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005 · as White

La Bolduc
2018 · as Conrad Gauthier

The Mysterious Miss C.
2002 · as Ministre de l'éducation

2 Frogs in the West
2010 · as Jacques Deschamps

Love-moi
1991 · as Charles

Jerome's Secret
1994 · as Jean Nicholas

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988 · as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge

Craque la vie!
1994 · as Richard Beaudoin

Night Zoo
1987 · as Charlie

Good Riddance
1980 · as Guy