Serge Houde (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian film and television character actor, as well as the father of fellow actor Harrison Houde.
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 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."[1]
Houde began acting at age 35, and he has over 160 film and TV productions to his credit.[2]
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 , 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.[3]
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.[4] [5]
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| scope=row align=left | Empire of Ash III | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Physician | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | North of Pittsburgh | Simpson | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||
| scope=row align=left | Stay Tuned | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Love and Human Remains | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Direct-to-video | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Look Who's Talking Now! | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Breaking Point | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Octobre | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Windigo | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Black List | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Highway of Heartache | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Dancing on the Moon | style=text-align:left; | French version | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Beaufres | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Little Men | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Musketeers Forever | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Sublet | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Requiem for Murder | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Taxman | style=text-align:left; | Cameo appearance | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Grey Owl | style=text-align:left; | Cameo appearance | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Running Home | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Wilder | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Traitor or Patriot | Himself | style=text-align:left; | Documentary | |||||
| scope=row align=left | Hidden Agenda | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Laurent | (uncredited) | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Cameo appearance | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Paycheck | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Manners of Dying | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Eighteen | Earl | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Sisters | style=text-align:left; | Independent film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Summit Circle | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Still Life | Shep | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||
| scope=row align=left | Boot Camp | Karl | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Personal Effects | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Tomorrow | Richard | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||
| scope=row align=left | Grace | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | Messages Deleted | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | |||||||
| scope=row align=left | 50/50 | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Dragons 3D | style=text-align:left; | Short film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Lonesome Dove Church | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Nine Lives | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Boundaries | style=text-align:left; | Feature film | ||||||
| scope=row align=left | Coffee & Kareem | Jerome | style=text-align:left; | Streaming film |
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| scope=row align=left | Murphy's Law | - | Ed | style=text-align:left; | Television series | ||
| scope=row align=left | Wiseguy | N.D. Agent / Agent #1 | style=text-align:left; | 2 episodes | |||
| scope=row align=left | MacGyver | - | French Delegate / Lawyer | style=text-align:left; | 2 episodes | ||
| scope=row align=left | Neon Rider | - | Mr. Trumble | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "Under Pressure" | ||
| scope=row align=left | Morris Creighton | style=text-align:left; | Television film | ||||
| scope=row align=left | Fly by Night | Rene | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "Furs Flying" | |||
| scope=row align=left | Silent Motive | Officer | style=text-align:left; | Television film | |||
| scope=row align=left | Urban Angel | Commander | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "Deadly Force" | |||
| scope=row align=left | Space Cases | Neinstein | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "Forever Young" | |||
| scope=row align=left | Largo Winch | - | John Sullivan | style=text-align:left; | 35 episodes | ||
| scope=row align=left | Smallville | - | John Frankle / Priest | style=text-align:left; | 3 episodes | ||
| scope=row align=left | Supernatural | - | Ed Stoltz / Dr. Mason | style=text-align:left; | 2 episodes | ||
| scope=row align=left | style=text-align:left; | 4 episodes | |||||
| scope=row align=left | The Doctor | style=text-align:left; | 2 episodes | ||||
| scope=row align=left | Played | David Thorpe | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "Drugs" | |||
| scope=row align=left | iZombie | -present | Donald Thorne | style=text-align:left; | 3 episodes | ||
| scope=row align=left | 19-2 | Leon the Tourette's Guy | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "Borders" | |||
| scope=row align=left | When Calls the Heart | Judge Roy Parker | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "Trials of the Heart" | |||
| scope=row align=left | Santa Hunters | Principal Welsh | style=text-align:left; | Television film | |||
| scope=row align=left | On the Farm | Vancouver Mayor | style=text-align:left; | Television film | |||
| scope=row align=left | Chesapeake Shores | - | Del Granger | style=text-align:left; | 10 episodes | ||
| scope=row align=left | Johnny | style=text-align:left; | Television film | ||||
| scope=row align=left | Somewhere Between | Richard Ruskin | style=text-align:left; | 4 episodes | |||
| scope=row align=left | Milt | style=text-align:left; | Episode: "The Hostile Hospital: Part One" | ||||
| scope=row align=left | Trial & Error | Milton Buckley / Houseboy | style=text-align:left; | 3 episodes | |||
| scope=row align=left | Jean Pierre Duval | style=text-align:left; | Television film |