Serge Houde

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.

Serge Houde is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 22 verified screen credits connected to this profile.

Selected work includes A Christmas Proposal (2021), V.C. Andrews' Ruby (2021), Christmas She Wrote (2020), If I Only Had Christmas (2020), Lonesome Dove Church (2014), End of the World (2013), A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (2011), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011).

The recorded credits span 1994 to 2021, including 20 movies and 2 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles.

This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.