Germain Houde
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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2563 |
| Birthday | 1952-12-14 |
| Place of Birth | Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada |
| Also Known As |
2005
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
5.327/26
A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend gets abducted and every citizen wants him...
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Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2008
The Broken Line
5.6/8
Sébastien and Danny are lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when they accidentally hit a bicyclist with th...
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The Broken Line
1988
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
5.5/3
Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.
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The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1980
Good Riddance
7.536/14
A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother and two suitors while simultaneously tr...
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Good Riddance
2012
Fear of Water
5.2/10
Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. This gruesome murder is the first ever in the Magdalen Islands. Her death will radical...
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Fear of Water
2005
The Outlander
4.9/5
It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the lives of its inhabitants. The man, who refuses to give...
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The Outlander
1997
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
5/4
A year had passed since the last aventure of Olivier and his friends. The day before his birthday, the door through space and time re-opened. This tim...
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Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1994
Jerome's Secret
5.333/3
In 1863, when a legless, shipwrecked man washes up on the Acadian coast, he's taken to the home of Jean the Corsican, a burly and bitter former soldie...
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Jerome's Secret
1991
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
7/5
An actor works as night watchman at a film studio where a musical serial killer strikes.
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Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1997
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
6/3
A psychotic man and an obsessed police officer make life unbearable for an unlucky actor by making him the scapegoat for a string of kidnappings.
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The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1990
Terminal City Ricochet
6.6/5
A young man inadvertently witnesses a killing by his uncle, the corrupt mayor of Terminal City, who retaliates by dubbing him the "Rock and Roll Terro...
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Terminal City Ricochet
2022
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
0/0
A tribute to Marie-Soleil Tougas and Jean-Claude Lauzon, 25 years after their tragic accident.
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Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
1987
Night Zoo
6.85/20
Marcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albe...
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Night Zoo
2016
On My Mother's Side
3.2/5
David happily brings his wife and new baby to his parents to celebrate his birthday. All goes well until the next day, when he finds that his mother –...
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On My Mother's Side
1979
A Scream from Silence
5.625/8
A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on the scenes they're working on, the sit...
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A Scream from Silence
1988
La nuit avec Hortense
6/2
In an abandoned house by the river, a man meets a woman. All night long, they try to love each other.
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La nuit avec Hortense
1987
Pretty Kill
2.444/9
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental proble...
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Pretty Kill
1983
Lucien Brouillard
5.8/5
Solitary anarchist, Lucien Brouillard ceaselessly fights for his rights and those of his societal peers. His subversive whistleblower activities will...
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Lucien Brouillard
2018
La Bolduc
7.429/14
The life story of Mary Travers, a musician and singer of French Canadian music.
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La Bolduc
2005
L’est de la brúixola
6.5/2
The concern of a group of people to avoid the sale of the Barcelona pension where they live is altered by the appearance of Dabashree, an Indian woman...
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L’est de la brúixola
2018
Heads or Tails
0/0
Panicked at the idea of losing his position, incumbent mayor Joseph L’Heureux refuses to accept the result of his hometown’s municipal election.
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Heads or Tails
1991
Love-moi
6.25/4
A stage director learns of his young actors' fears as they are setting up a new play.
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Love-moi
1989
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
5/1
The life and death of composer Claude Vivier.
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Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
2002
The Mysterious Miss C.
6.667/6
An eccentric teacher (Marie-Chantal Perron) causes children at her elementary school to change the way they look at themselves.
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The Mysterious Miss C.
1992
Léolo
7.153/137
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
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Léolo
2010
2 Frogs in the West
5.3/15
Marie Deschamps has her whole life ahead of her but isn't sure what to do with it. To the disappointment of her parents, she drops out of college and...
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2 Frogs in the West
1994
Craque la vie!
7.5/2
Between her four children, her husband, her job at the hardware store, and the creditors on her back, Hélène leads a life that dangerously resembles a...
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Craque la vie!
2011
The Happiness of Others
5.8/4
Twenty years before the events in the film's story, Jean-Pierre left his wife, Louise. At that moment, Marion and Sylvie, Jean-Pierre's two children,...
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The Happiness of Others
1985
Shellgame
10/1
An upscale lawyer gets caught between the underworld and the police when she agrees to defend a man accused of gangland murders related to a drug lord...
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Shellgame
2025
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
8/1
In a brand-new documentary, the actress who portrayed the unforgettable Émilie Bordeleau revisits her memories of filming and analyzes the cultural le...
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