Acting
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.
Filmography
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Sorcières
Destiny forces three sisters to reunite 30 years after their last meeting. Having grown up in a commune founded...
Le clan
Yannick Moreau is a reformed criminal who rebuilt his life in Quebec living with a new identity under the witne...
Viens voir les comédiens
Viens voir les comédiens is a television show on the Canadian French-language arts and culture television netwo...
No Return
Six strangers are invited to stay at the prestigious estate of a billionaire. The helicopter transporting them...
Tic tac show
Victor Lessard
At the heart of Victor Lessard is a troubled cop and an addictive, unpredictable mystery. The murders are stran...
Avec un grand A
L'Amour avec un Grand A is a French-Canadian television series which aired from 1988 to 1995. The series explor...
Léolo
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mo...
Emilie
A classic Québécois historical drama about Émilie Bordeleau, a strong-willed woman in late 19th/early 20th cent...
On passe à l'Histoire
Alerte Amber
Vertige
The story revolves around the character of Daphnée Roussel, who is in a coma for three months after falling fro...
La promesse
Les filles de Caleb: l'histoire d'une passion
In a brand-new documentary, the actress who portrayed the unforgettable Émilie Bordeleau revisits her memories...
2 Frogs in the West
Marie Deschamps has her whole life ahead of her but isn't sure what to do with it. To the disappointment of her...
Les Invincibles
Les Invincibles is a comedy/drama television series from Radio-Canada produced by Casablanca Productions and Al...
On My Mother's Side
David happily brings his wife and new baby to his parents to celebrate his birthday. All goes well until the ne...
Terminal City Ricochet
A young man inadvertently witnesses a killing by his uncle, the corrupt mayor of Terminal City, who retaliates...
Pretty Kill
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to d...
The Broken Line
Sébastien and Danny are lifelong friends and competitive boxers whose relationship and career is tested when th...
En résidence
Lucien Brouillard
Solitary anarchist, Lucien Brouillard ceaselessly fights for his rights and those of his societal peers. His su...
Caserne 24
Matusalem II: le dernier des Beauchesne
A year had passed since the last aventure of Olivier and his friends. The day before his birthday, the door thr...
The Happiness of Others
Twenty years before the events in the film's story, Jean-Pierre left his wife, Louise. At that moment, Marion a...
Craque la vie!
Between her four children, her husband, her job at the hardware store, and the creditors on her back, Hélène le...
Fear of Water
Rosalie Richard is found raped and dead at the foot of a cliff. This gruesome murder is the first ever in the M...
A Scream from Silence
A director and an editor, both women, cannot work on a movie presenting the rape of a nurse without reacting on...
Saint Martyrs of the Damned
A reporter goes to a mysterious village to investigate mysterious disappearances until one night, his friend ge...
La Bolduc
The life story of Mary Travers, a musician and singer of French Canadian music.
Good Riddance
A woman is overwhelmed with having to deal with her emotionally unstable daughter, mentally-challenged brother...
The Outlander
It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the lives of its in...
Love-moi
A stage director learns of his young actors' fears as they are setting up a new play.
Night Zoo
Marcel, recently released from prison, attempt to rebuild his relationship with his girlfriend Julie (now a pro...