Germain Houde
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, Léolo, Jerome's Secret, Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) and 2 Frogs in the West.
Known For
Top 30 Movies
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
L’est de la brúixola
2005
La Bolduc
2018
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
2022
Léolo
1992
The Happiness of Others
2011
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989
Terminal City Ricochet
1990
Craque la vie!
1994
On My Mother's Side
2016
Good Riddance
1980
A Scream from Silence
1979
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
The Broken Line
2008
Fear of Water
2012
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005
2 Frogs in the West
2010
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
Night Zoo
1987
The Outlander
2005
Pretty Kill
1987
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
La nuit avec Hortense
1988
Lucien Brouillard
1983
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002
Jerome's Secret
1994
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025
Heads or Tails
2018