Germain Houde

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

Film credits

2010s · 6 titles

The Happiness of Others poster
5.8

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, 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

La Bolduc poster
7.4

The life story of Mary Travers, a musician and singer of French Canadian music.

La Bolduc

2018

2 Frogs in the West poster
5.3

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 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

On My Mother's Side poster
3.2

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 – 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

Fear of Water poster
5.2

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 radically change the orderly life of Sergeant André Surprenant.

Fear of Water

2012

Heads or Tails poster
NR

Panicked 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

Saint Martyrs of the Damned poster
5.3

A 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

The Mysterious Miss C. poster
6.7

An eccentric teacher (Marie-Chantal Perron) causes children at her elementary school to change the way they look at themselves.

The Mysterious Miss C.

2002

The Broken Line poster
5.4

Sébastien 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

The Outlander poster
4.9

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 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

L’est de la brúixola poster
6.5

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, 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

Léolo poster
7.2

The 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

No artwork available
6.2

A stage director learns of his young actors' fears as they are setting up a new play.

Love-moi

1991

Jerome's Secret poster
5.3

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 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

The Revenge of the Woman in Black poster
6.0

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.

The Revenge of the Woman in Black

1997

Craque la vie! poster
7.5

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 makeshift camp in a constant state of emergency. She muddles through as best she can.

Craque la vie!

1994

Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne poster
5.0

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 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

Terminal City Ricochet poster
6.6

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 Terrorist" and builds an anti-crime campaign around him.

Terminal City Ricochet

1990

Four Stiffs and a Trombone poster
7.0

An actor works as night watchman at a film studio where a musical serial killer strikes.

Four Stiffs and a Trombone

1991

1980s · 8 titles

Night Zoo poster
6.9

Marcel, 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

La nuit avec Hortense poster
6.0

In 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

Good Riddance poster
7.1

A 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

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy poster
5.5

Dramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.

The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy

1988

Pretty Kill poster
2.4

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 problems, which are gradually deteriorating into a split personality.

Pretty Kill

1987

No artwork available
10.0

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

Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier poster
5.0

The life and death of composer Claude Vivier.

Lonely Child: The Imaginary World of Claude Vivier

1989

Lucien Brouillard poster
5.8

Solitary 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

Les Enfants de la télé poster
6.5

No synopsis available yet.

Les Enfants de la télé

2010

En direct de l'univers poster
1.0

No synopsis available yet.

En direct de l'univers

2009

Tic tac show poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Tic tac show

2013

Viens voir les comédiens poster
NR

Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television network ARTV.

Viens voir les comédiens

2002

On passe à l'Histoire poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

On passe à l'Histoire

2013

Omertà, la loi du silence poster
8.6

Omertà 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

Avec un grand A poster
NR

L'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

Les grands procès poster
7.0

Dramatic reenactments of major Quebec trials.

Les grands procès

1993

Victor Lessard poster
5.8

At 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

No Return poster
5.4

Six 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

Sorcières poster
8.0

Destiny 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

Alerte Amber poster
7.5

No synopsis available yet.

Alerte Amber

2019

Vertige poster
8.0

The 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

La promesse poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

La promesse

2005

Les Invincibles poster
8.4

Les 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

Emilie poster
6.4

A 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

Le clan poster
8.1

Yannick 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

En résidence poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

En résidence

2024

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Caserne 24

1998