
Acting
Germain Houde
Born
1952-12-14 (73)
Place of birth
Petit-Saguenay, Québec, Canada
Known for
Acting
Credits
49 titles
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…
Known for
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfants de la télé
2010
1.0No synopsis available yet.
En direct de l'univers
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tic tac show
2013
NRViens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.
Viens voir les comédiens
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
On passe à l'Histoire
2013
8.6Omertà or Omertà, The Code of Silence is a Quebec television series of 11 forty-five minute episodes, created by Luc Dionne and aired from January to April 1996 on Radio-Canada. In France, the series aired on France 3 in 1998. A second season, titled Omertà II – The Code of Silence, had 14 forty-five minute episodes and was broadcast between September and December 1997 on Radio-Canada. A third season, titled Omerta, The Last Men of Honor, had 13 episodes and was broadcast from January to April 1999, on Radio-Canada.
Omertà, la loi du silence
1996
Film credits
2020s · 2 titles
7.5In a brand-new documentary, the actress who portrayed the unforgettable Émilie Bordeleau revisits her memories of filming and analyzes the cultural legacy of this cult saga. By exploring the timeless power of its characters, she testifies to the major impact this work has had on the collective imagination and on the history of Québec television.
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
2025
NRA tribute to Marie-Soleil Tougas and Jean-Claude Lauzon, 25 years after their tragic accident.
Marie-Soleil et Jean-Claude: au-delà des étoiles
2022
2010s · 6 titles
5.8Twenty 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, were respectively 10 and 8 years old. Eventually, Jean-Pierre will come back to his family and he believes that his past mistakes were forgotten.
The Happiness of Others
2011
7.4The life story of Mary Travers, a musician and singer of French Canadian music.
La Bolduc
2018
5.3Marie 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 decides to go work in Whistler in order to perfect her English. After a journey across Canada, her arrival in British-Columbia is less glorious than she dreamt. Fortunately, she meets Jean-Francois Laforest, a Quebecois skier who has been living on the West Coast for 10 years. J-F will introduce her to his Anglo friends and to the lifestyle of the mountains. Somewhere out West, this adventure will change her life forever.
2 Frogs in the West
2010
3.2David 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 – a filmmaker – has committed suicide. His second shock comes on the day of the funeral, when he is told that the man who raised him is not his biological father. Bewildered, he starts to look for answers and finds a hidden side of his mother’s life.
On My Mother's Side
2016
5.2Rosalie 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 radically change the orderly life of Sergeant André Surprenant.
Fear of Water
2012
NRPanicked at the idea of losing his position, incumbent mayor Joseph L’Heureux refuses to accept the result of his hometown’s municipal election.
Heads or Tails
2018
2000s · 5 titles
5.3A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend gets abducted and every citizen wants him dead.
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
2005
6.7An eccentric teacher (Marie-Chantal Perron) causes children at her elementary school to change the way they look at themselves.
The Mysterious Miss C.
2002
5.4Sébastien and Danny are lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when they accidentally hit a bicyclist with their car after a night of excess partying.
The Broken Line
2008
4.9It 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 his name, is dubbed The Outlander. A traveller who disdains conventional behaviour and parochialism, The Outlander disturbs the villagers' complacency and scandalizes the community; he also elicits admiration and gains a woman's love. He ultimately leaves in the same manner he had arrived, but not before he has helped the villagers open their eyes to the larger world beyond their village.
The Outlander
2005
6.5The 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, and her 8-year-old son. The mysterious mission that Dabashree takes to Barcelona will awaken the curiosity of the inhabitants of the inn until an unexpected event will cause the woman to reveal her secret.
L’est de la brúixola
2005
1990s · 8 titles
7.2The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
Léolo
1992
A stage director learns of his young actors' fears as they are setting up a new play.
Love-moi
1991
5.3In 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 soldier, and his childless young wife, Julitte. The man, who is young, handsome, and well-dressed, remains mute as Julitte nurses him back to health. Jean, meanwhile, who is inexplicably estranged from Julitte and an outsider to townspeople, continues his hunt for pirate treasure, rumored to be hidden in a cave by the sea. The treasure is his ticket out of Acadia. As loneliness and Eros draw Julitte and the mysterious Jérôme together, something's got to give.
Jerome's Secret
1994
6.0A psychotic man and an obsessed police officer make life unbearable for an unlucky actor by making him the scapegoat for a string of kidnappings.
The Revenge of the Woman in Black
1997
7.5Between 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 makeshift camp in a constant state of emergency. She muddles through as best she can.
Craque la vie!
1994
5.0A 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 time, Olivier and his friends would have to face El Diablo, who became captain since the last time, and his mens, lost in the middle on the jungle and being hunt down by the spanish army.
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
1997
6.6A young man inadvertently witnesses a killing by his uncle, the corrupt mayor of Terminal City, who retaliates by dubbing him the "Rock and Roll Terrorist" and builds an anti-crime campaign around him.
Terminal City Ricochet
1990
7.0An actor works as night watchman at a film studio where a musical serial killer strikes.
Four Stiffs and a Trombone
1991
1980s · 8 titles
6.9Marcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a prostitute) and especially his father Albert (who thinks he's been away on a long trip abroad), while being pursued by two corrupt cops (one of whom bears a longstanding grudge against him) for drug money he's alleged to possess.
Night Zoo
1987
6.0In an abandoned house by the river, a man meets a woman. All night long, they try to love each other.
La nuit avec Hortense
1988
7.1A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother and two suitors while simultaneously trying to run her small firewood business.
Good Riddance
1980
5.5Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988
2.4A 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 problems, which are gradually deteriorating into a split personality.
Pretty Kill
1987
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.
Shellgame
1985
5.0The life and death of composer Claude Vivier.
Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier
1989
5.8Solitary anarchist, Lucien Brouillard ceaselessly fights for his rights and those of his societal peers. His subversive whistleblower activities will bring him endless troubles, and he will begin a real descent into Hell after his former childhood friend, and now judge, Jacque Martineau.
Lucien Brouillard
1983
Series credits
6.5No synopsis available yet.
Les Enfants de la télé
2010
1.0No synopsis available yet.
En direct de l'univers
2009
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Tic tac show
2013
NRViens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.
Viens voir les comédiens
2002
NRNo synopsis available yet.
On passe à l'Histoire
2013
8.6Omertà or Omertà, The Code of Silence is a Quebec television series of 11 forty-five minute episodes, created by Luc Dionne and aired from January to April 1996 on Radio-Canada. In France, the series aired on France 3 in 1998. A second season, titled Omertà II – The Code of Silence, had 14 forty-five minute episodes and was broadcast between September and December 1997 on Radio-Canada. A third season, titled Omerta, The Last Men of Honor, had 13 episodes and was broadcast from January to April 1999, on Radio-Canada.
Omertà, la loi du silence
1996
NRL'Amour avec un Grand A is a French-Canadian television series which aired from 1988 to 1995. The series explores different complex sexual and taboo issues. Some notable subjects include: Rape, Teen Obsession, Age Difference in love, Homosexuality and Married, Schizophrenia, Spousal Abuse. The series lasted 7 years and was very popular in Quebec. It was written by Janette Bertrand.
Avec un grand A
1986
7.0Dramatic reenactments of major Quebec trials.
Les grands procès
1993
5.8At the heart of Victor Lessard is a troubled cop and an addictive, unpredictable mystery. The murders are strange and unsettling, the work of a deeply disturbed mind. And as Victor goes deeper into the mystery, untangling the clues, trying desperately (and in vain) to stop more murders from occurring, his own behaviour becomes more erratic.
Victor Lessard
2017
5.4Six strangers are invited to stay at the prestigious estate of a billionaire. The helicopter transporting them is forced to make an emergency landing. What can an ex-policeman, a religious art dealer, a retired teacher, a marketing director, a star criminal lawyer and a businesswoman have in common that they are trapped in this way?
No Return
2022
8.0Destiny forces three sisters to reunite 30 years after their last meeting. Having grown up in a commune founded by their father, today they lead lives marked by the traumas of their childhood.
Sorcières
2023
7.5No synopsis available yet.
Alerte Amber
2019
8.0The story revolves around the character of Daphnée Roussel, who is in a coma for three months after falling from the rooftop of the skateboarding center Dédales. Her best friend Jennifer wonders if it really was a suicide attempt. Daphnée's brother Adrian's suggestion to take her off life support creates a shock wave in the family. His insistence to convince Gilles and Diana, his parents, and Maya, his sister, raises doubts about the purity of his intentions. Daphnée's former boyfriend, Laurent doesn't seem to be above suspicion either. In Daphnée's entourage, there are many the secrets.
Vertige
2012
6.0No synopsis available yet.
La promesse
2005
8.4Les Invincibles is a comedy/drama television series from Radio-Canada produced by Casablanca Productions and Alliance Atlantis Vivafilm. The story is about four twenty-something men signing a pact ordaining the simultaneous break-up of their current relationships, and the subsequent adoption of a common responsibility-free life. In 2006, the show won an "Olivier" for best drama series. The third and last season ended on March 25, 2009. A remake of the series was made in France. Filming began in Strasbourg in August 2008 and the show was broadcast on the Franco-German Arte network in Fall 2009.
Les Invincibles
2005
6.4A classic Québécois historical drama about Émilie Bordeleau, a strong-willed woman in late 19th/early 20th century rural Quebec who defies expectations by becoming a teacher, then faces challenges in her passionate but tumultuous marriage to the restless lumberjack Ovila Pronovost, exploring their struggles and the evolving society.
Emilie
1990
8.1Yannick Moreau is a reformed criminal who rebuilt his life in Quebec living with a new identity under the witness protection program. Will the past catch up with him?
Le clan
2015
NRNo synopsis available yet.
En résidence
2024
No synopsis available yet.
Caserne 24
1998

