
Acting
Born December 14, 1952 · Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
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.

Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025

Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
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

L’est de la brúixola
2005

The Outlander
2005

The Mysterious Miss C.
2002

Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997

The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997

Craque la vie!
1994

Jerome's Secret
1994

Léolo
1992

Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
Love-moi
1991

Terminal City Ricochet
1990

Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988

La nuit avec Hortense
1988

Night Zoo
1987

Pretty Kill
1987
Shellgame
1985

Lucien Brouillard
1983

Good Riddance
1980

A Scream from Silence
1979