Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1953-02-16 (Age: 73)
Place of Birth
Québec, Canada
Serge Houde
Biography
Serge Houde (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian film and television character actor. He is best known for his role in Jon Cassar's Emmy-nominated miniseries The Kennedys playing the notorious Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper. GQ's Tom Carson said Houde's performance was "a terrific Sam Giancana (Serge Houde, and where has this formidable actor been all of Martin Scorsese's life?). It will probably set off Camelot guardians' alarm bells to hear that Giancana, the Chicago Mob boss, appears at all—and tête-à-tête with papa Joe, who's committing hubris's fatal error by negotiating with him." Houde began acting at age 35, and he has over 160 film and TV productions to his credit. Besides his role as Sam Giancana in The Kennedys, Houde also appeared in the Seth Rogen-starring feature, 50/50, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. In it, he played Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character's father and Anjelica Huston's character's husband; his character suffered from Alzheimer's. He also starred as The Doctor in episode 9 of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Kevin Tancharoen's web series anthology inspired by the popular video game of the same name. In 2014, Houde received a Leo Award nomination for Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series for his role as drug kingpin David Thorpe on CTV's undercover cop series Played. The following year, he attracted attention for his moving portrayal of a homeless man suffering from Tourette's in the hit Canadian police drama 19-2.
Filmography (109)
Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane
2024
How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story
2023
A Christmas Proposal
2021
Five More Minutes
2021
A Little Daytime Drama
2021
A Little Daytime Drama
2021
Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6
2021
The Baker's Son
2021
Ruby
2021
The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice
2021
Christmas She Wrote
2020
If I Only Had Christmas
2020
Coffee & Kareem
2020
Love in Winterland
2020
