Germain Houde

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1952-12-14 (74 years old)

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 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...

Acting

2008

1988

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

as Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge

1980

2012

Fear of Water

as Roméo Richard

2005

The Outlander

as David Desmarais

1994

Jerome's Secret

as Jean Nicholas

1991

Four Stiffs and a Trombone

as Augustin Marleau

1997

1987

Night Zoo

as Charlie

2016

1979

1987

Pretty Kill

as Jacques Mercier

1983

Lucien Brouillard

as Detective

1991

Love-moi

as Charles

2002

The Mysterious Miss C.

as Ministre de l'éducation

1992

Léolo

as Teacher

2010

2 Frogs in the West

as Jacques Deschamps

1994

Craque la vie!

as Richard Beaudoin

1985

Shellgame

as Andre Crystal

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