Germain Houde
Known for ActingBorn 1952-12-14Petit-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).
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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
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