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
as Self
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
as Self
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
as Self
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
as Self
La Bolduc
as Conrad Gauthier
La Bolduc
as Conrad Gauthier
Heads or Tails
Heads or Tails
On My Mother's Side
as Michel
On My Mother's Side
as Michel
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard
The Happiness of Others
as Raymond
The Happiness of Others
as Raymond
2 Frogs in the West
as Jacques Deschamps
2 Frogs in the West
as Jacques Deschamps
The Broken Line
as Roman
The Broken Line
as Roman
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
as White
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
as White
L’est de la brúixola
as Tom
L’est de la brúixola
as Tom
The Outlander
as David Desmarais
The Outlander
as David Desmarais
The Mysterious Miss C.
as Ministre de l'éducation
The Mysterious Miss C.
as Ministre de l'éducation
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
as Père Lachaise
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
as Père Lachaise
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
as Augustin Marleau
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
as Augustin Marleau
Craque la vie!
as Richard Beaudoin
Craque la vie!
as Richard Beaudoin
Jerome's Secret
as Jean Nicholas
Jerome's Secret
as Jean Nicholas
Léolo
as Teacher
Léolo
as Teacher
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
as Augustin Marleau
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
as Augustin Marleau
Love-moi
as Charles
Love-moi
as Charles
Terminal City Ricochet
as Ace
Terminal City Ricochet
as Ace
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
as Claude Vivier - Age 34
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
as Claude Vivier - Age 34
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
La nuit avec Hortense
La nuit avec Hortense
Night Zoo
as Charlie
Night Zoo
as Charlie
Pretty Kill
as Jacques Mercier
Pretty Kill
as Jacques Mercier
Shellgame
as Andre Crystal
Shellgame
as Andre Crystal
Lucien Brouillard
as Detective
Lucien Brouillard
as Detective
Good Riddance
as Guy
Good Riddance
as Guy
A Scream from Silence
as Le violeur
A Scream from Silence
as Le violeur