Serge Houde
Serge Houde (* 1953 in Québec ) is a Canadian actor .
Life
Serge Houde was born in Quebec City and grew up on a military base in Picton , Ontario . He speaks in French from birth and learned English at school. When he was ten years old, his father died and the rest of the family moved back to Houde's hometown. After high school , at the age of nineteen, he worked as a wildlife photojournalist . His pictures and articles appeared among others. a. in National Geographic Magazine . He also tried his hand at various other professions, including building the Trans-Canada Highway . At 24 he attended Guelph University. He then worked in the advertising industry in Montreal and moved to Vancouver , where he won two Bessie awards .
At the age of 35, Houde decided to become an actor. Since then he has made numerous films in English and French in various countries. In the spy film The Palmer Files: Gentlemen of the Apocalypse (1996), a film adaptation of Len Deighton with Michael Caine and Jason Connery in the leading roles, Houde played an art dealer who wants to do business with criminals. In the action film Hawk's Revenge (1997), in which the main character is looking for his brother's murderer, he appeared briefly in two scenes as the chief of the killed policeman. In the children's film Maddy Dances on the Moon (1997), he played the father of a girl who gives up fantasy conversations with her stuffed bunny as she gets older. Houde portrayed other supporting roles in Love and Other Cruelties (1993) by director Denys Arcand , in the film drama October (1994), in The Jackal (1997) with Richard Gere , in False Pretense (1998) with Eric Roberts , in The Score (2001) with Robert De Niro , in the comedy Pluto Nash (2002) with Eddie Murphy and in Paycheck - Die Abrechnung (2003) with Ben Affleck . In the television series Largo Winch (2001) he was seen in 39 episodes as John Sullivan . He had a minor role in Steven Spielberg's mini-series Taken (2002). Probably his greatest role was in the film drama Manners of Dying (2004) with Roy Dupuis , in which he is the prison director responsible for the correct execution of the executions.
Serge Houde is married to Gwen Gnazdowsky.
Filmography (selection)
- 1988: 21 Jump Street - Crime Scene Classroom
- 1989: The Bronx 2001 (Empire of Ash III)
- 1989: Fight against the Mafia ( Wiseguy , TV series, episode People Do It All the Time )
- 1989, 1990: MacGyver (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 1991: Omen IV: The Awakening (Omen IV: The Awakening)
- 1991: Silent Motive - Murder in Hollywood (Silent Motive)
- 1992: Stay Tuned
- 1992: Evil Dead (The Resurrected)
- 1992: North of Pittsburgh
- 1993: Catman (Tomcat: Dangerous Desires)
- 1993: Double Suspicion
- 1993: Love and Human Remains (Love and Human Remains)
- 1993: Look Who's Talking Now (Look Who's Talking Now)
- 1994: October ( Octobre )
- 1994: horror, horror, goosebumps ( Are You Afraid of the Dark?, TV series, episode The Tale of the Fire Ghost )
- 1995: The Wrong Woman
- 1995: Legends of the North ( Aventures dans le Grand Nord , TV series, episode Kazan )
- 1995: Black List (List noire)
- 1996: The Windsor Protocol
- 1996: The Palmer Files: Lords of the Apocalypse (Midnight in Saint Petersburg)
- 1997: Little Men
- 1997: Hate (Natural Enemy)
- 1997: Hawk's Revenge (Hawk's Vengeance)
- 1997: Red Zone (The Peacekeeper)
- 1997: Maddy dances on the moon (Dancing on the Moon)
- 1997: The Jackal (The Jackal)
- 1998: The killer sublet ( sublet )
- 1998: Perfect Deal (Musketeers Forever)
- 1998: False Pretense - Appearances are deceptive (Dead End)
- 1998: Deadly Paradise (La Guerre de l'eau)
- 1999: Symphony of Death (Requiem for Murder)
- 1999: Home is a Long Way (Running Home)
- 1999: Taxman
- 1999: Gray Owl (Gray Owl)
- 1999: PT Barnum
- 2000: Virtual Reality - Fight for Survival ( Harsh Realm , TV series, episode Reunion )
- 2000: The Kiss of the Killer (Revenge)
- 2000: Bad Boys Hunting (Wilder)
- 2001: Largo Winch - Dangerous Legacy (Largo Winch)
- 2001: Largo Winch: The Heir
- 2001: Concept of Fear (Hidden Agenda)
- 2001: The Score
- 2002: Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia (The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
- 2002: Smallville (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2002: Taken (TV series, episode Beyond the Sky )
- 2003: The John Doe Case! ( John Doe , TV series, episode Ashes to Ashes )
- 2003: Paycheck - the settlement (Paycheck)
- 2004: Full points (The Perfect Score)
- 2004: Dead Zone ( The Dead Zone , TV series, episode Cycle of Violence )
- 2004: Manners of Dying
- 2005: Eighteen
- 2005: Maurice Richard
- 2006: Final Days - The Final Days of Planet Earth
- 2007: Ants on a Plane - death in hand luggage (Destination: Infestation)
- 2011: 50/50 - Friends for (survival) life (50/50)
- 2011: Greg's Diary 2 - Are there any problems? ( Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules )
- 2013: Played (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- Serge Houde in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official site (English and French)
- Online film database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Houde, Serge |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Quebec , Canada |