Serge Houde

73 years old Québec, Canada

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 tĂȘte-Ă -tĂȘte 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.

Recent movies

# Name Character Rating
1 Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane (2024) Walter -
2 Ruby (2021) Jack Landry -
3 A Little Daytime Drama (2021) Walter Fairchild 7
4 A Christmas Proposal (2021) Bill Pendergast -
5 The Baker's Son (2021) Jean Pierre -
6 Five More Minutes (2021) Edward 7
7 Christmas She Wrote (2020) Brian 6
8 Love in Winterland (2020) Walter Sprodling 7
9 Coffee & Kareem (2020) Jerome 3.8
10 If I Only Had Christmas (2020) Henry 6
11 Christmas on Holly Lane (2018) Oscar -
12 Mingle All the Way (2018) Reginald Hoffman 7.4
13 All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017) Mitchell -
14 The Wedding March (2016) Johnny 6
15 Nine Lives (2016) Stein 6.4
16 All Things Valentine (2016) Roy 7.3
17 Who Killed JonBenét? (2016) Attorney Byron Burroughs -
18 In My Dreams (2015) Older Man 7.5
19 The Age of Adaline (2015) Good Samaritan 7.2
20 Run for Your Life (2014) Tyler Stone -
21 Santa Hunters (2014) Principal Welch 7
22 Dangerous Intuition (2013) Detective Debrinsky -
23 Good Morning, Killer (2011) Vince 6
24 A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011) Mayor 4.3
25 He Loves Me (2011) Butcher -
26 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) Mr. Salz 7.5
27 50/50 (2011) Richard Lerner 7.7
28 No Surrender (2011) Detective Hank Wilson -
29 Messages Deleted (2010) Det. Breedlove -
30 The Kate Logan Affair (2010) Sergent McBean -
31 The Good Times Are Killing Me (2009) Cameron Derby 4
32 Personal Effects (2009) Judge Wettick 6
33 Grace (2009) Henry Matheson 5
34 Boot Camp (2008) Karl 5
35 The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) Scientist #1 5.8
36 The Invisible (2007) Martin Egan 5.8
37 Destination: Infestation (2007) Captain Dan McReady 4
38 Air Buddies (2006) Miles Livingstone -
39 Sisters (2006) Detective Kalen 5
40 Legacy of Fear (2006) Police Chief Ray Blum -
41 The Rocket (2005) Connie Smythe 9
42 The Perfect Score (2004) Kurt Dooling 6
43 Paycheck (2003) William Dekker 6.1
44 The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) FBI Agent 4.4
45 The Score (2001) Laurent 6.8
46 Wilder (2000) Walker Grimes -
47 Grey Owl (1999) Second Hunter 7.5
48 P.T. Barnum (1999) John Genin -
49 The Jackal (1997) Beaufres 6.5
50 Midnight in Saint Petersburg (1996) Dr. Vestry 5
51 Pretty Poison (1996) Mueller -
52 Black List (1995) Ministre Paul Rhéaume -
53 Love & Human Remains (1994) The Cowboy -
54 Look Who's Talking Now! (1993) Maitre D' 4.8
55 Stay Tuned (1992) Father in Yogi Beer Commercial -
56 Omen IV: The Awakening (1991) Morris Creighton 4