Acting
Germain Houde
FR, CA, EN cinema · 30 credits
Born
14 December 1952 (age 73)
Birthplace
Petit-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). 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
Filmography
La Bolduc
as Conrad Gauthier
On My Mother's Side
as Michel
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard
The Happiness of Others
as Raymond
2 Frogs in the West
as Jacques Deschamps
The Broken Line
as Roman
The Outlander
as David Desmarais
The Mysterious Miss C.
as Ministre de l'éducation
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
as Père Lachaise
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
as Augustin Marleau
Jerome's Secret
as Jean Nicholas
Craque la vie!
as Richard Beaudoin
Léolo
as Teacher
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
as Augustin Marleau
Love-moi
1991
Love-moi
as Charles
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
as Claude Vivier - Age 34
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
Night Zoo
as Charlie
Pretty Kill
as Jacques Mercier
Shellgame
1985
Shellgame
as Andre Crystal
Lucien Brouillard
as Detective
A Scream from Silence
as Le violeur