Actor
Germain Houde
December 14, 1952 · 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).
Often works with
Patrice Robitaille
4 titles together
Saint Martyrs of the Damned, Les Invincibles, Victor Lessard
Gilbert Sicotte
3 titles together
Léolo, Good Riddance, Victor Lessard
Luc Senay
3 titles together
Saint Martyrs of the Damned, La Bolduc, Le clan
Paul Doucet
3 titles together
La Bolduc, Victor Lessard, Fear of Water
Anick Lemay
3 titles together
No Return, The Mysterious Miss C., The Outlander
François Chénier
2 titles together
Saint Martyrs of the Damned, The Outlander
Full filmography · 38
La Bolduc
as Conrad Gauthier
2018
Heads or Tails
cast
2018
On My Mother's Side
as Michel
2016
Fear of Water
as Roméo Richard
2012
The Happiness of Others
as Raymond
2011
2 Frogs in the West
as Jacques Deschamps
2010
The Broken Line
as Roman
2008
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
as White
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L’est de la brúixola
as Tom
2005
The Outlander
as David Desmarais
2005
The Mysterious Miss C.
as Ministre de l'éducation
2002
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
as Père Lachaise
1997