Serge Houde
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-02-16 (72 years old)
Place of Birth
Québec, Canada
Serge Houde
Biography
Serge Houde (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian film and television character actor. He is best known for his role in Jon Cassar's Emmy-nominated miniseries The Kennedys playing the notorious Chicago mafia boss Sam Giancana opposite Tom Wilkinson and Barry Pepper. GQ's Tom Carson said Houde's performance was "a terrific Sam Giancana (Serge Houde, and where has this formidable actor been all of Martin Scorsese's life?). It will probably set off Camelot guardians' alarm bells to hear that Giancana, the Chicago Mob boss, appears at all—and tête-à-tête with papa Joe, who's committing hubris's fatal error by negotiating with him." Houde began acting at age 35, and he has over 160 film and TV productions to his credit.
Besides his role as Sam Giancana in The Kennedys, Houde also appeared in the Seth Rogen-starring feature, 50/50, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011. In it, he played Joseph Gordon-Levitt's character's father and Anjelica Huston's character's husband; his character suffered from Alzheimer's. He also starred as The Doctor in episode 9 of Mortal Kombat: Legacy, Kevin Tancharoen's web series anthology inspired by the popular video game of the same name. In 2014, Houde received a Leo Award nomination for Best Guest Performance by a Male in a Dramatic Series for his role as drug kingpin David Thorpe on CTV's undercover cop series Played. The following year, he attracted attention for his moving portrayal of a homeless man suffering from Tourette's in the hit Canadian police drama 19-2.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane
as Walter
(2023)
How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story
as Probate Judge
(2021)
The Baker's Son
as Jean Pierre
(2021)
A Little Daytime Drama
as Walter Fairchild
(2021)
A Little Daytime Drama
as Walter Fairchild/Ted Gerard)
(2021)
A Christmas Proposal
as Bill Pendergast
(2021)
Ruby
as Jack Landry
(2021)
Five More Minutes
as Edward
(2021)
(2021)
The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice
as Gus Coletti: Caring Neighbour
(2020)
Coffee & Kareem
as Jerome
(2020)
If I Only Had Christmas
as Henry
(2020)
Love in Winterland
as Walter Sprodling
(2020)
Christmas She Wrote
as Brian
(2018)
Mingle All the Way
as Reginald Hoffman
(2018)
Christmas on Holly Lane
as Oscar
(2018)
(2017)
Sleepwalking in Suburbia
as Dr. Thorston
(2017)
All of My Heart: Inn Love
as Mitchell
(2017)
Final Vision
as Judge Dupree
(2016)
Nine Lives
as Stein
(2016)
All Things Valentine
as Roy
(2016)
The Wedding March
as Johnny
(2016)
Who Killed JonBenét?
as Attorney Byron Burroughs
(2016)
Boundaries
as Dustin Thorpe
(2015)
The Age of Adaline
as Good Samaritan
(2015)
In My Dreams
as Older Man
(2014)
Lonesome Dove Church
as Charles Stone
(2014)
Santa Hunters
as Principal Welch
(2014)
Run for Your Life
as Tyler Stone
(2013)
End of the World
as General Ramis
(2013)
(2013)
Dangerous Intuition
as Detective Debrinsky
(2013)
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
as Dr. Vulnet Grazinar
(2012)
Hitched for the Holidays
as Butch
(2012)
Notes from the Heart Healer
as Violet's Boss
(2011)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
as Mr. Salz
(2011)
50/50
as Richard Lerner
(2011)
(2011)
He Loves Me
as Butcher
(2011)
Good Morning, Killer
as Vince
(2011)
No Surrender
as Detective Hank Wilson
(2010)
Messages Deleted
as Det. Breedlove
(2010)
The Kate Logan Affair
as Sergent McBean
(2010)
Elopement
as Dr. Kazinski
(2009)
Personal Effects
as Judge Wettick
(2009)
Grace
as Henry Matheson
(2009)
Iron Road
as George Grant
(2009)
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
as Marshal
(2009)
The Good Times Are Killing Me
as Cameron Derby
(2008)
The Day the Earth Stood Still
as Scientist #1
(2008)
Boot Camp
as Karl
(2008)
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
as Stephen Windom
(2008)
The American Trap
as DEA Agent Thompson
(2008)
Demain
as Richard
(2007)
The Invisible
as Martin Egan
(2007)
Destination: Infestation
as Captain Dan McReady
(2007)
My Daughter, My Angel
as Robert Brault
(2007)
La belle empoisonneuse
as M. Angelopoulos
(2007)
Summit Circle
as Jean-Pierre Deniger
(2006)
Air Buddies
as Miles Livingstone
(2006)
Sisters
as Detective Kalen
(2006)
Final Days of Planet Earth
as Korshaft
(2006)
Legacy of Fear
as Police Chief Ray Blum
(2006)
Proof of Lies
as Dr. Jack Gannon
(2006)
Four Extraordinary Women
as Bill
(2005)
The Rocket
as Connie Smythe
(2005)
Eighteen
as Earl
(2004)
The Perfect Score
as Kurt Dooling
(2004)
Manners of Dying
as Harry Parlington
(2004)
A Beachcombers Christmas
as Randolph Kendall
(2003)
Paycheck
as William Dekker
(2001)
The Score
as Laurent
(2001)
Hidden Agenda
as Paul Elkert
(2000)
Wilder
as Walker Grimes
(2000)
Task Force: Caviar
as Drolet
(1999)
Grey Owl
as Second Hunter
(1999)
Code Name: Jaguar
as CIA Director Price
(1999)
Requiem for Murder
as P.M. Courtland
(1999)
P.T. Barnum
as John Genin
(1999)
Running Home
as Ray
(1999)
Promise Her Anything
as Frank Seymour
(1999)
The Last Breath
as Sheriff Mitchum
(1998)
(1998)
Little Men
as John Brooke
(1998)
Musketeers Forever
as Roland Locksley
(1998)
(1997)
The Jackal
as Beaufres
(1997)
The Peacekeeper
as Secretary of Defense
(1997)
Dancing on the Moon
as Joseph Morrison
(1996)
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
as Dr. Vestry
(1996)
Natural Enemy
as Sherwood
(1996)
Hawk's Vengeance
as Durkee
(1996)
Pretty Poison
as Mueller
(1996)
Highway of Heartache
as Clive Turnpike
(1995)
Black List
as Ministre Paul Rhéaume
(1995)
(1995)
(1994)
Love & Human Remains
as The Cowboy
(1994)
Octobre
as Pierre Laporte
(1994)
Eye of the Wolf
as Sergent
(1994)
Windigo
as Freddy Hook
(1993)
Look Who's Talking Now!
as Maitre D'
(1993)
Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
as Dr. Pace
(1992)
Stay Tuned
as Father in Yogi Beer Commercial
(1992)
The Portrait
as John Schroeder
(1991)
Omen IV: The Awakening
as Morris Creighton
Crew
(2000)
Traitor or Patriot
Vocals