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Germain Houde
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 range…
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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.
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- 2025
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2024
En résidence
TV show Isidor
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2023
Sorcières
TV show Armand Bussières
- 2022
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2022
No Return
TV show Robert Beaulac
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2019
Alerte Amber
TV show Gilbert "Colonel" Charbonneau
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2018
La Bolduc
Movie Conrad Gauthier
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2018
Heads or Tails
Movie
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2017
Victor Lessard
TV show Victor's Father
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2016
On My Mother's Side
Movie Michel
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2015
Le clan
TV show Réjean Marcil
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2013
Tic tac show
TV show Self
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2013
On passe à l'Histoire
TV show Self
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2012
Vertige
TV show Gilles Roussel
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2012
Fear of Water
Movie Roméo Richard
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2011
The Happiness of Others
Movie Raymond
More credits
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2010
2 Frogs in the West
Movie Jacques Deschamps
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2010
Les Enfants de la télé
TV show Self
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2009
En direct de l'univers
TV show Self
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2008
The Broken Line
Movie Roman
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2005
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
Movie White
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2005
L’est de la brúixola
Movie Tom
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2005
Les Invincibles
TV show Alain
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2005
La promesse
TV show Yves Chamberland
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2005
The Outlander
Movie David Desmarais
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2002
Viens voir les comédiens
TV show Self
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2002
The Mysterious Miss C.
Movie Ministre de l'éducation
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1998
Caserne 24
TV show Albert Chabot
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1997
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
Movie Père Lachaise
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1997
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
Movie Augustin Marleau
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1994
Craque la vie!
Movie Richard Beaudoin
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1994
Jerome's Secret
Movie Jean Nicholas
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1993
Les grands procès
TV show Me Oscar Gagnon
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1992
Léolo
Movie Teacher
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1991
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
Movie Augustin Marleau
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1991
Love-moi
Movie Charles
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1990
Emilie
TV show Caleb Bordeleau
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1990
Terminal City Ricochet
Movie Ace
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1989
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
Movie Claude Vivier - Age 34
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1988
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
Movie Major Alain Mafart / Alain Turenge
