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.
30 movies · 17 shows
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025·7.5
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
2022·0.0
La Bolduc
2018·7.4
Heads or Tails
2018·0.0
On My Mother's Side
2016·3.2
Fear of Water
2012·5.2
The Happiness of Others
2011·5.8
2 Frogs in the West
2010·5.3
The Broken Line
2008·5.4
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005·5.3
L’est de la brúixola
2005·6.5
The Outlander
2005·4.9
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002·6.7
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997·5.0
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997·6.0
Craque la vie!
1994·7.5
Jerome's Secret
1994·5.3
Léolo
1992·7.2
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991·7.0
Love-moi
1991·6.3
Terminal City Ricochet
1990·6.6
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989·5.0
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988·5.5
La nuit avec Hortense
1988·6.0
Night Zoo
1987·6.9
Pretty Kill
1987·2.4
Shellgame
1985·10.0
Lucien Brouillard
1983·5.8
Good Riddance
1980·7.4
A Scream from Silence
1979·5.8