Acting
Germain Houde
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.
Filmography
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
Film · 2025
En résidence
Series · 2024
Sorcières
Series · 2023
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
Film · 2022
No Return
Series · 2022
Alerte Amber
Series · 2019
La Bolduc
Film · 2018
Heads or Tails
Film · 2018
Victor Lessard
Series · 2017
On My Mother's Side
Film · 2016
Le clan
Series · 2015
Tic tac show
Series · 2013
On passe à l'Histoire
Series · 2013
Fear of Water
Film · 2012
Vertige
Series · 2012
The Happiness of Others
Film · 2011
2 Frogs in the West
Film · 2010
Les Enfants de la télé
Series · 2010
En direct de l'univers
Series · 2009
The Broken Line
Film · 2008
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
Film · 2005
The Outlander
Film · 2005
L’est de la brúixola
Film · 2005
La promesse
Series · 2005
Les Invincibles
Series · 2005
The Mysterious Miss C.
Film · 2002
Viens voir les comédiens
Series · 2002
Caserne 24
Series · 1998
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
Film · 1997
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Film · 1997
Omertà, la loi du silence
Series · 1996
Jerome's Secret
Film · 1994
Craque la vie!
Film · 1994
Les grands procès
Series · 1993
Léolo
Film · 1992
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
Film · 1991
Love-moi
Film · 1991
Terminal City Ricochet
Film · 1990
Emilie
Series · 1990
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
Film · 1989
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Film · 1988
La nuit avec Hortense
Film · 1988
Night Zoo
Film · 1987
Pretty Kill
Film · 1987
Avec un grand A
Series · 1986
Shellgame
Film · 1985
Lucien Brouillard
Film · 1983
Good Riddance
Film · 1980
A Scream from Silence
Film · 1979