Germain Houde
Known for Acting
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
Léolo
1992
as Teacher
Pretty Kill
1987
as Jacques Mercier
Good Riddance
1980
as Guy
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005
as White
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
Night Zoo
1987
as Charlie
The Outlander
2005
as David Desmarais
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
as Augustin Marleau
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025
as Self
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
as Augustin Marleau
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
as Père Lachaise
The Broken Line
2008
as Roman
Lucien Brouillard
1983
as Detective
A Scream from Silence
1979
as Le violeur
2 Frogs in the West
2010
as Jacques Deschamps
Jerome's Secret
1994
as Jean Nicholas
L’est de la brúixola
2005
as Tom
Craque la vie!
1994
as Richard Beaudoin
On My Mother's Side
2016
as Michel
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002
as Ministre de l'éducation