Germain Houde

Canadian actor

Germain Houde (born December 14, 1952) is a Genie Award-winning 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)^[1] and Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit).^[2]

His other roles have included the television series Omerta, Les Filles de Caleb, Les Invincibles and Vertige, and the films Prettykill, Terminal City Ricochet, Léolo, Jerome's Secret, Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) and 2 Frogs in the West.

References

^ Jay Scott, "Les Bons Debarras sweeps the Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 13, 1981.
^ Jay Scott, "Un zoo la nuit wins 13 Genies". The Globe and Mail, March 23, 1988.

External links

Germain Houde at IMDb

Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Film

Best Supporting Actor
1970–2021

Gratien Gélinas (1970)
Danny Freedman (1971)
Donald Pilon (1972)
Willie Lamothe (1973)
No Award (1974)
Henry Beckman (1975)
Frank Moore (1976)
Jean Lapointe (1977)
Henry Beckman (1978)
Gordon Pinsent (1980)
Germain Houde (1981)
Saul Rubinek (1982)
R. H. Thomson (1983)
Michael Zelniker (1984)
Alan Scarfe (1985)
Alan Arkin (1986)
Gabriel Arcand (1987)
Germain Houde (1988)
Rémy Girard (1989)
Rémy Girard (1990)
August Schellenberg (1991)
Michael Hogan (1992)
Kevin Tighe (1993)
Don McKellar (1994)
Kenneth Welsh (1995)
Peter Donaldson (1996)
Peter MacNeill (1997)
Callum Keith Rennie (1998)
Mark McKinney (1999)
Martin Cummins (2000)
Vincent Gale (2001)
Elias Koteas (2002)
Stéphane Rousseau (2003)
Jean Lapointe (2004)
Denis Bernard (2005)
Stephen McHattie (2006)
Armin Mueller-Stahl (2007)
Callum Keith Rennie (2008)
Maxim Gaudette (2009)
Dustin Hoffman (2010)
Viggo Mortensen (2011)
Serge Kanyinda (2012)
Gordon Pinsent (2013)
John Cusack (2014)
Nick Serino (2015)
Vincent Cassel (2016)
Ethan Hawke (2017)
Richard Clarkin (2018)
Rémy Girard (2019)
Colm Feore (2020)
Joshua Odjick (2021)

Best Supporting Actress
1970–2021

Fernande Giroux (1970)
Olivette Thibault (1971)
Doris Petrie (1972)
Camille Bernard (1973)
No Award (1974)
Lila Kedrova (1975)
Tedde Moore (1976)
Carole Lazare (1977)
Marilyn Lightstone (1978)
Geneviève Bujold (1980)
Kate Reid (1981)
Denise Filiatrault (1982)
Jackie Burroughs (1983)
Jackie Burroughs (1984)
Linda Sorenson (1985)
Linda Sorenson (1986)
Louise Portal (1987)
Paule Baillargeon (1988)
Colleen Dewhurst (1989)
Robyn Stevan (1990)
Danielle Proulx (1991)
Monique Mercure (1992)
Nicola Cavendish (1993)
Martha Henry (1994)
Kate Nelligan (1995)
Martha Burns (1996)
Seana McKenna (1997)
Monique Mercure (1998)
Catherine O'Hara (1999)
Helen Shaver (2000)
Molly Parker (2001)
Pascale Montpetit (2002)
Marie-Josée Croze (2003)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (2004)
Danielle Proulx (2005)
Carrie-Anne Moss (2006)
Kristen Thomson (2007)
Kristin Booth (2008)
Martha Burns (2009)
Minnie Driver (2010)
Sophie Nélisse (2011)
Seema Biswas (2012)
Sarah Gadon (2013)
Suzanne Clément (2014)
Joan Allen (2015)
Molly Parker (2016)
Bahar Noohian (2017)
Sarah Gadon (2018)
Nour Belkhiria (2019)
Mary Walsh (2020)
Cherish Violet Blood (2021)

Best Supporting Performance in a Film
2022-present

Aaron Pierre (2022)

Canadian Film Awards 1968-1978, Genie Awards 1980-2011, Canadian Screen Awards 2012-present.
Separate awards were presented by gender prior to 2022; a single unified category for best performance regardless of gender has been presented since.