Germain Houde
Actor
Biography
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, LĂ©olo, Jerome's Secret, Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) and 2 Frogs in the West.
Filmography
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
as White 2005
Night Zoo
as Charlie 1987
2 Frogs in the West
as Jacques Deschamps 2010
Good Riddance
as Guy 1980
La Bolduc
2018
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard 2012
The Broken Line
as Roman 2008
Pretty Kill
as Jacques Mercier 1987
A Scream from Silence
as Le violeur 1979
On My Mother's Side
as Michel 2016
The Mysterious Miss C.
as Ministre de l'Ă©ducation 2002
The Outlander
as David Desmarais 2005
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
as Augustin Marleau 1991
Terminal City Ricochet
as Ace 1990
Lucien Brouillard
as Detective 1983
The Happiness of Others
as Raymond 2011