Serge Houde
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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
Credits
The Jackal (1997)
as Beaufres
The Age of Adaline (2015)
as Good Samaritan
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
as Scientist #1
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
as Mr. Salz
The Score (2001)
as Laurent
Nine Lives (2016)
as Stein
50/50 (2011)
as Richard Lerner
Paycheck (2003)
as William Dekker
The Invisible (2007)
as Martin Egan
The Perfect Score (2004)
as Kurt Dooling
Boot Camp (2008)
as Karl
The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
as FBI Agent
Stay Tuned (1992)
as Father in Yogi Beer Commercial
Air Buddies (2006)
as Miles Livingstone
Look Who's Talking Now! (1993)
as Maitre D'
Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
as Morris Creighton
Coffee & Kareem (2020)
as Jerome
Personal Effects (2009)
as Judge Wettick
A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011)
as Mayor
Grey Owl (1999)
as Second Hunter
Natural Enemy (1996)
as Sherwood
End of the World (2013)
as General Ramis
All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017)
as Mitchell
In My Dreams (2015)
as Older Man
P.T. Barnum (1999)
as John Genin
The Peacekeeper (1997)
as Secretary of Defense
Love & Human Remains (1994)
as The Cowboy
Sisters (2006)
as Detective Kalen
Grace (2009)
as Henry Matheson
Santa Hunters (2014)
as Principal Welch
Hidden Agenda (2001)
as Paul Elkert
He Loves Me (2011)
as Butcher
No Surrender (2011)
as Detective Hank Wilson
All Things Valentine (2016)
as Roy
Iron Road (2009)
as George Grant
Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996)
as Dr. Vestry
The Baker's Son (2021)
as Jean Pierre
Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts (2013)
as Banker
Five More Minutes (2021)
as Edward
Love in Winterland (2020)
as Walter Sprodling
Final Days of Planet Earth (2006)
as Korshaft
The Windsor Protocol (1998)
Actor
Messages Deleted (2010)
as Det. Breedlove
Mingle All the Way (2018)
as Reginald Hoffman
Ruby (2021)
as Jack Landry
If I Only Had Christmas (2020)
as Henry
Little Men (1998)
as John Brooke
Christmas She Wrote (2020)
as Brian
Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane (2024)
as Walter
Sleepwalking in Suburbia (2017)
as Dr. Thorston
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2008)
as Stephen Windom
The Rocket (2005)
as Connie Smythe
Final Vision (2017)
as Judge Dupree
Lonesome Dove Church (2014)
as Charles Stone
Christmas on Holly Lane (2018)
as Oscar
Hitched for the Holidays (2012)
as Butch
Run for Your Life (2014)
as Tyler Stone
Destination: Infestation (2007)
as Captain Dan McReady
The Wedding March (2016)
as Johnny
Pretty Poison (1996)
as Mueller
A Christmas Proposal (2021)
as Bill Pendergast
Legacy of Fear (2006)
as Police Chief Ray Blum
Black List (1995)
as Ministre Paul Rhéaume
Octobre (1994)
as Pierre Laporte
A Little Daytime Drama (2021)
as Walter Fairchild
Notes from the Heart Healer (2012)
as Violet's Boss
Who Killed JonBenét? (2016)
as Attorney Byron Burroughs
The Kate Logan Affair (2010)
as Sergent McBean
Boundaries (2016)
as Dustin Thorpe
The Wrong Woman (1995)
Actor
Good Morning, Killer (2011)
as Vince
Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride (2018)
as Johnny
Running Home (1999)
as Ray
Musketeers Forever (1998)
as Roland Locksley
The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger (2009)
as Marshal
How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story (2023)
as Probate Judge
Eye of the Wolf (1994)
as Sergent
Wilder (2000)
as Walker Grimes
My Daughter, My Angel (2007)
as Robert Brault
Elopement (2010)
as Dr. Kazinski
Code Name: Jaguar (1999)
as CIA Director Price
The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice (2021)
as Gus Coletti: Caring Neighbour
Windigo (1994)
as Freddy Hook
Hawk's Vengeance (1996)
as Durkee
Dead End (1998)
Actor
Eighteen (2005)
as Earl
The Portrait (1992)
as John Schroeder
The American Trap (2008)
as DEA Agent Thompson
Tomcat: Dangerous Desires (1993)
as Dr. Pace
Dancing on the Moon (1997)
as Joseph Morrison
A Beachcombers Christmas (2004)
as Randolph Kendall
Promise Her Anything (1999)
as Frank Seymour
Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6 (2021)
as Jonny
Dangerous Intuition (2013)
as Detective Debrinsky
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures (2013)
as Dr. Vulnet Grazinar
Manners of Dying (2004)
as Harry Parlington
Empire of Ash III (1990)
as 2nd Shepherd
Requiem for Murder (1999)
as P.M. Courtland
Demain (2008)
as Richard
Task Force: Caviar (2000)
as Drolet
Four Extraordinary Women (2006)
as Bill
Proof of Lies (2006)
as Dr. Jack Gannon
The Last Breath (1999)
as Sheriff Mitchum
Highway of Heartache (1996)
as Clive Turnpike
The Good Times Are Killing Me (2009)
as Cameron Derby
Summit Circle (2007)
as Jean-Pierre Deniger
Les Légendes du Grand Nord (1995)
Actor
La belle empoisonneuse (2007)
as M. Angelopoulos