Biography
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 Gianc...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane
2024
as Walter
In 1960, Eli and Penny take in Eli’s curmudgeonly father, Walter, and are forced to navigate some tricky family waters to get through the holidays whi...

How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story
2023
as Probate Judge
Author Nancy Crampton-Brophy often writes stories about female protagonists who fantasize about killing their own husbands. In a shocking and ironic t...

A Christmas Proposal
2021
as Bill Pendergast
Chef who dreams of having own food trucks, agrees to pose as girlfriend of an attorney. Working together, they try to prove he's the ideal candidate t...

Five More Minutes
2021
as Edward
A woman's Christmas wish is answered in unexpected ways when her late grandfather's journal turns up and reveals an untold romance.

A Little Daytime Drama
2021
as Walter Fairchild
In order to save her daytime soap drama from cancellation, head writer Maggie must convince Darin, fan favorite actor and her real-life ex-boyfriend, ...

A Little Daytime Drama
2021
as Walter Fairchild/Ted Gerard)
In order to save her daytime soap drama from cancellation, head writer Maggie must convince Darin, fan favorite actor and her real-life ex-boyfriend, ...

Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6
2021
as Jonny
The modest wedding plans of a celebrity and his down-to-earth fiancée escalate while Mick gets an enticing opportunity Olivia won’t let him refuse, pu...

The Baker's Son
2021
as Jean Pierre
Matt’s passion transforms his bread from bland to brilliant. But when his bread loses its magic, the island locals panic and turn to Annie - Matt’s ch...

Ruby
2021
as Jack Landry
Ruby Landry is filled with hope as love blooms with her high school sweetheart Paul Tate. But lingering thoughts of her mysterious father and her moth...

The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice
2021
as Gus Coletti: Caring Neighbour
Mari Gilbert searches for the truth behind what happened to her daughter Shannan, a sometime escort who disappeared after a ‘date’ on Long Island. Aft...

Christmas She Wrote
2020
as Brian
When Kayleigh, a romance writer, has her column cancelled right before Christmas, she heads home to reconnect with her family. Kayleigh gets an unexpe...

If I Only Had Christmas
2020
as Henry
At Christmas, a cheerful publicist teams up with a cynical business owner and his team to help a charity in need.

Coffee & Kareem
2020
as Jerome
A Detroit cop reluctantly teams with his girlfriend's 11-year-old son to clear his name and take down the city's most ruthless criminal.

Love in Winterland
2020
as Walter Sprodling
Ally, a final contestant on a dating show, must face her high school sweetheart when she is chosen for the Hometown Date.

Mingle All the Way
2018
as Reginald Hoffman
Molly is determined to prove to her family that her new networking app—designed to pair busy professionals together for upcoming events, without long-...

Christmas on Holly Lane
2018
as Oscar
Three childhood friends, Sarah, Riley and Cat, with fond memories of Christmas at Sarah's house, come together as adults to save Sarah's home in the h...

Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
2018
as Johnny
It’s a full Valentine’s Day weekend at the Inn when Olivia and Mick host Mick’s sister Bonnie and her finance Sean, Mick’s daughter Julie and her boyf...

Final Vision
2017
as Judge Dupree
Capt. Jeffery McDonald is convicted and sentenced to life in prison in 1979 for the murders of his wife and two children at their Fort Bragg home.

All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
as Mitchell
Brian and Jenny are preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast, Emily's Country Inn, when a big storm hits Buck County. Brian agrees t...

Sleepwalking in Suburbia
2017
as Dr. Thorston
Michelle Miller is a chronic sleepwalker. She and her husband Dan Miller are trying to have their first child after she had a miscarriage the year bef...

Boundaries
2016
as Dustin Thorpe
Emily Price tries to balance family life and leading crunch negotiations between a Canadian politician and the president of a country whose natural re...

Who Killed JonBenét?
2016
as Attorney Byron Burroughs
The disturbing true story of JonBenet Ramsey, the six-year-old beauty queen whose murder in her Colorado home remains unsolved.

Nine Lives
2016
as Stein
A stuffy businessman finds himself trapped inside the body of his family's cat.

The Wedding March
2016
as Johnny
When former college sweethearts Olivia Pershing and Mick Turner are unexpectedly reunited the weekend of Olivia's wedding, the former couple initially...

All Things Valentine
2016
as Roy
Avery, a blogger with a string of disappointing Valentine’s Days, is ready to give up on love when she meets handsome veterinarian Brenden. When Avery...

In My Dreams
2015
as Older Man
Natalie and Nick are frustrated with their luck in romance. After tossing coins into a fountain, the two then begin dreaming about each other. But, ac...

The Age of Adaline
2015
as Good Samaritan
After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps ...

Santa Hunters
2014
as Principal Welch
Alex received the best Christmas present from his Uncle Charlie - Santa's very own pipe. But when he tried to share his evidence with the world, he wa...

Run for Your Life
2014
as Tyler Stone
Journalist Meredith Redmond is a battered Canadian woman who flees Canada to escape her abusive husband, Robert. She settles in Seattle, but her now-r...

Lonesome Dove Church
2014
as Charles Stone
The true story of the formation of the Lonesome Dove Church in Texas.

Dangerous Intuition
2013
as Detective Debrinsky
Kate Aldrich, a successful career woman is devastated when her husband leaves her for stay at home mom, Laura, with whom she is forced to share custod...

Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013
as Dr. Vulnet Grazinar
Audiences join two peculiar characters, an unusual dream therapist and his mysterious patient, as they dig up "live" spectacular reenacted classical m...

End of the World
2013
as General Ramis
In End of the World, the fate of humanity lies in the hands of two guys who run a video rental store and are “sci-fi obsessed” movie fans. And who be...

Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts
2013
as Banker
John Goodnight crosses paths with a stagecoach under attack and comes to the rescue of its passengers, one of whom is a beautiful woman who may or may...

Hitched for the Holidays
2012
as Butch
A couple of single adults agree to pose as each others significant other throughout the holidays to keep their meddling families from harassing them,...

Notes from the Heart Healer
2012
as Violet's Boss
A single young mom forms an unlikely friendship with author Peyton, after a desperate situation forces her to abandon her child on Peyton's doorstep.

Good Morning, Killer
2011
as Vince
Follows FBI Special Agent Ana Gray as she hunts for a kidnapper. As Ana develops a rapport with the kidnapper's latest victim, the suspect suddenly ch...

50/50
2011
as Richard Lerner
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2011
as Mayor
The television movie is set in the city of Dimmsdale and centers on the series' main protagonist Timmy Turner with his fairy godparents Cosmo and Wand...

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2011
as Mr. Salz
Wimpy Greg Heffley, now in seventh grade, thinks he has it all together. He has mastered middle school and gotten rid of the Cheese Touch. However, Gr...

No Surrender
2011
as Detective Hank Wilson
Amelia's blog empowering women not to tolerate violent relationships has brought her fame, fortune and now someone is out to kill her. Is it the new m...

He Loves Me
2011
as Butcher
When Laura begins to suspect her husband is cheating on her, she is devastated by his infidelity, despite having a torrid affair of her own. While she...

The Kate Logan Affair
2010
as Sergent McBean
A young psychologically unstable young police woman named Kate Logan and a married Frenchman find themselves caught up in a dramatic twisted affair.

Elopement
2010
as Dr. Kazinski
A young couple (Mark and Jamie) embezzle money from their parents and elope in a rented plane. When the plane crashes, Mark must decide between saving...

Messages Deleted
2010
as Det. Breedlove
A quivering voice begs to screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine. Thinking it a prank, Joel deletes t...
The Good Times Are Killing Me
2009
as Cameron Derby
A successful lawyer finds herself in rehab where she befriends a couple of oddballs who help her crack an important case.

Grace
2009
as Henry Matheson
In the wake of a horrific car accident that kills her husband, Michael, expectant mother Madeline Matheson discovers that her daughter, Grace, has die...

The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
2009
as Marshal
Two mortal enemies must band together to defend the ranch they've both staked their claim on.

Iron Road
2009
as George Grant
A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in l...

Personal Effects
2009
as Judge Wettick
Walter is a rising star in the NCAA wrestling world until his life is ripped apart by the brutal murder of his sister. Returning home to console his m...

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2008
as Stephen Windom
Five-time Emmy nominee and Golden Globe winner Henry Winkler stars in The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, the story of what happens when you open you...

The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
as Scientist #1
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether human...

Demain
2008
as Richard
A young woman taking care of her diabetic father gets involved in a one way relationship. Portrait of a generation about to replace another, Demain is...

The American Trap
2008
as DEA Agent Thompson
The world is still reeling from the assassination of JFK - but has yet to lose his kid brother Bobby. In the midst of all this, a reluctant hero by th...

Boot Camp
2008
as Karl
A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of...

La belle empoisonneuse
2007
as M. Angelopoulos

Summit Circle
2007
as Jean-Pierre Deniger
SUMMIT CIRCLE is the second film (on the heels of THE NOVENA) in director Bernard Emond’s trilogy of tranquility and numbness. In it, Rejeanne and Gil...

Destination: Infestation
2007
as Captain Dan McReady
While on a flight home from Colombia, the plane that Dr. Carrie Ross and her daughter are on is attacked by bullet ants whose sting is the most painfu...

The Invisible
2007
as Martin Egan
After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him ...

My Daughter, My Angel
2007
as Robert Brault
Nathalie Dagenais is a 19 year old girl studying to be a lawyer. New to the city of Montreal, she will soon discover the world of porn. One day, her f...

Air Buddies
2006
as Miles Livingstone
The offspring of sportsman canine Air Bud: B-Dawg, Mudbud, Budderball, Buddha, and Rosebud, uncover a kidnapping plot motivated by a little rich boy's...

Legacy of Fear
2006
as Police Chief Ray Blum
A police detective catches wind of a brutal serial killer - the same serial killer who is responsible for the deaths of her parents, 30 years earlier.

Sisters
2006
as Detective Kalen
A reporter witnesses a brutal murder and becomes entangled in a mystery involving a pair of twins.

Four Extraordinary Women
2006
as Bill
John's mother was diagnosed, then his nanny. After that, his sister. And finally, his wife. This is the unbelievable (and unbelievably poignant) tale,...

Proof of Lies
2006
as Dr. Jack Gannon
A scientist researches the genetic cause of addictive behavior.

Final Days of Planet Earth
2006
as Korshaft
An archaeologist discovers that aliens posing as government officials are secretly harvesting human bodies in a bid to take over earth.

The Rocket
2005
as Connie Smythe
The story of Quebec's most beloved hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey ...

Eighteen
2005
as Earl
Pip, a street kid just turning 18, receives his grandfather's World War II-era memoirs and discovers parallels to his own life.

A Beachcombers Christmas
2004
as Randolph Kendall
While Donna MacGonigal is tempted by a business offer by an old love, her father and friends decide to put on an old timers celebrity hockey game and ...

Manners of Dying
2004
as Harry Parlington
Kevin Barlow (Roy Dupuis) will die on schedule and according to regulations. Harry Parlington (Serge Houde), director of the Cantos execution facility...

The Perfect Score
2004
as Kurt Dooling
Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfec...

Paycheck
2003
as William Dekker
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term m...

The Score
2001
as Laurent
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist.

Hidden Agenda
2001
as Paul Elkert
Former government Jason Price makes people disappear for a living. But when a top lieutenant for a crime syndicate asks Price to help him drop out of ...

Wilder
2000
as Walker Grimes
The murder of the ex-wife of Doctor Sam Charney (Rutger Hauer) leads Detective Della Wilder (Pam Grier) to uncover a series of women's murders somehow...

Task Force: Caviar
2000
as Drolet
Based on a true story, a veteran narcotics officer takes on a case that could cost him his life.

Traitor or Patriot
2000
Vocals
This feature documentary is a portrait of Adélard Godbout, the largely forgotten man who was Premier of Quebec from 1939 to 1944. During his office, G...

Code Name: Jaguar
1999
as CIA Director Price
When both the CIA and the underworld mistake regular guy Stuart Dempsey (Danny Nucci) for a notorious killer-for-hire named Jaguar, Dempsey doesn't kn...

Grey Owl
1999
as Second Hunter
Archie Grey Owl is a trapper in Canada in the early 1930s when a young Iroquois woman from town asks him to teach her Indian ways. They live in the wo...

P.T. Barnum
1999
as John Genin
This series illustrates the life and career of P.T. Barnum, America's greatest showman and promoter. Starting as a young man who managed an old woman ...

Promise Her Anything
1999
as Frank Seymour
A quaint small town that hasn't paid taxes since World War II draws the attention of an ambitious tax inspector in this comedy starring Billy Zane and...

Requiem for Murder
1999
as P.M. Courtland
Anne Winslow hosts a popular classical music radio show. Detective Lou Heinz discovers Anne is connected to a series of murders in which the victim is...

The Last Breath
1999
as Sheriff Mitchum
A Montreal police officer goes to Arkansas to solve the murder of his brother.
Running Home
1999
as Ray
Thanks to a tip from teenager Matt, who survives on the streets as a graffiti artist, policeman Ray is able to arrest Sergei, a diamond smuggler. In r...

Musketeers Forever
1998
as Roland Locksley
Group of ex-secret agents open a jazz club in Las Vegas. One of them falls in love with an Indian, and finds out that the local Indian Reserve is thre...

The Windsor Protocol
1998
Based on the novels by Jack Higgins, Sean Dillon is a maverick British agent who uncovers a plot to take over the presidency of the United States. The...

Dead End
1998
After his ex-wife dies in a fall from her balcony, PoliceSgt. Henry Smovinsky gets custody of his troubled teenage son. Smovinsky soon finds out that ...

Little Men
1998
as John Brooke
In this adaptation of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott, two street kids from Boston find themselves at Plumfield, a rural boarding school run by...

The Jackal
1997
as Beaufres
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal prov...

The Peacekeeper
1997
as Secretary of Defense
When a terrorist group steals the US President's personal communications computer for launching the US arsenal in case of war, only a heroic Major has...

Dancing on the Moon
1997
as Joseph Morrison
Madeline is 13 years old, as are her two friends, and nothing looks the same to her. Her sister is leaving to study medicine, and there's Freddy who's...

Natural Enemy
1996
as Sherwood
A businessman (Donald Sutherland) has a hotshot young new partner (William McNamara). What he doesn't realize is that his new partner is the son of hi...

Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996
as Dr. Vestry
Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nick" Petrov, ex-CIA agent Craig, and ex-KGB Colonel ...

Pretty Poison
1996
as Mueller
A clueless cheerleader falls for a mysterious young man who tells her he's a secret agent. But the truth is much simpler and darker.

Hawk's Vengeance
1996
as Durkee
Eric Hawke a British Marine, attends the funeral of his policeman brother who he discovers has been attempting to investigate the mysterious kidnappin...

Highway of Heartache
1996
as Clive Turnpike
Written and directed by Gregory Wild, the film follows the misadventures of Wynona-Sue Turnpike (Barbara Chamberlin, who also wrote the film’s score) ...

Black List
1995
as Ministre Paul Rhéaume
At the trial of a judge who was found with a prostitute, a list of clients pops up. It contains the names of some very influential judges and politici...

The Wrong Woman
1995
A temporary secretary is wrongly accused of killing her boss.

Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995
A mixed group of adventurers searches for Esperanza, a legendary gold treasure, in the Yukon territory in this Jack London-based tale.

Octobre
1994
as Pierre Laporte
A dramatization of the abduction and murder of a Quebec government minister by a cell of The Quebec Liberation Front. In October 1970, one group from ...

Windigo
1994
as Freddy Hook
Native Americans clash with the Canadian government as they struggle for independence in this factual Canadian drama set in Quebec during the summer o...

Love & Human Remains
1994
as The Cowboy
In a Canadian metropolis, failed actor David shares a place with the bookish Candy, whom he dated before coming out as gay. While David, who now waits...

Eye of the Wolf
1994
as Sergent
Set in 1912, Canada. A government zoologist fights to save the life of a wolf dog that attacked his master's killer.

Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
as Maitre D'
When high-powered executive Samantha LeBon hatches a scheme to spend a romantic Christmas with her new employee – the unsuspecting, blithesome James –...

Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
1993
as Dr. Pace
Jacki, a scientist involved in genetic research, meets Tom, a young modern dancer who is suffering from a degenerative nerve disease. Jacki experiment...
The Portrait
1992
as John Schroeder
Rougish painter, needing money to pay off debts to his ex-wife and mistress, considers agreeing to do a banal portrait for a wealthy woman.

Stay Tuned
1992
as Father in Yogi Beer Commercial
Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to ...

Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
as Morris Creighton
Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a mysterious girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys.