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