Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1952-12-14 (Age: 74)
Place of Birth
Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
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 dâArt Dramatique de QuĂ©bec, Houde spent his early years in theatre including time with an experimental troupe in England. His first cinematic role was in Anne Claire Poirierâs acclaimed A Scream from Silence (Mourir Ă tue-tĂȘte), 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 dĂ©barras) 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, LĂ©olo, Jerome's Secret, Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) and 2 Frogs in the West.
Filmography (30)
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delĂ des Ă©toiles
2022
La Bolduc
2018
Heads or Tails
2018
On My Mother's Side
2016
Fear of Water
2012
The Happiness of Others
2011
2 Frogs in the West
2010
The Broken Line
2008
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005
Lâest de la brĂșixola
2005
The Outlander
2005
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
