
Serge Houde
Known for Acting · 140 credits
- Born
- 1953-02-16 (age 73)
- Place of birth
- Québec, Canada
- Also known as
- Steve Makaj
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 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.
Known For
TV Shows (32)

Supernatural
2005
as Dr. Mason / Ed Stoltz

Smallville
2001
as John Frankle / Priest

Arrow
2012
as Judge Brackett

Tracker
2024
as Kurtis Lauper

Psych
2006
as Vineyard Owner / Hornstock's Dad

Fringe
2008
as General Hayes / Loyalist Commander

MacGyver
1985
as Lawyer

Hell on Wheels
2011
as Oakes Ames

The Dead Zone
2002
as Max Kolchak

iZombie
2015
as High Priced Lawyer

Rookie Blue
2010
as Anton Hill

A Million Little Things
2018
as Captain

Chesapeake Shores
2016
as Del Granger

A Series of Unfortunate Events
2017
as Milt

Are You Afraid of the Dark?
1992
as Capt. Bill

Reaper
2007
as Cubby Bryce

Motive
2013
as DeAngelo / Prison Guard

Human Target
2010
as Lecavalier

The Hunger
1997
as Mr. Bigelow

So Help Me Todd
2022
as Edmund Grant

John Doe
2002
as Sour

Mortal Kombat: Legacy
2011
as Doctor

Surface
2022
as Vince Hawkins

Largo Winch
2001
as John Sullivan

Trial & Error
2017
as Milton Buckley

Wu Assassins
2019
as The Duke

Somewhere Between
2017
as Richard Ruskin

Played
2013
as David Thorpe

The Kennedys
2011
as Sam Giancana

Iron Road
2009
as George Grant

Murdaugh Murders: The Movie
2023
as Jim Griffin

P.T. Barnum
1999
as John Genin
Movies (108)

The Age of Adaline
2015
as Good Samaritan

The Jackal
1997
as Beaufres

The Day the Earth Stood Still
2008
as Scientist #1

50/50
2011
as Richard Lerner

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
2011
as Mr. Salz

The Score
2001
as Laurent

Paycheck
2003
as William Dekker

Look Who's Talking Now!
1993
as Maitre D'

Nine Lives
2016
as Stein

The Invisible
2007
as Martin Egan

Personal Effects
2009
as Judge Wettick

Stay Tuned
1992
as Father in Yogi Beer Commercial

End of the World
2013
as General Ramis

Air Buddies
2006
as Miles Livingstone

The Adventures of Pluto Nash
2002
as FBI Agent

Omen IV: The Awakening
1991
as Morris Creighton

Hidden Agenda
2001
as Paul Elkert

The Perfect Score
2004
as Kurt Dooling

Sisters
2006
as Detective Kalen

Boot Camp
2008
as Karl

Grey Owl
1999
as Second Hunter

Coffee & Kareem
2020
as Jerome

All of My Heart: Inn Love
2017
as Mitchell

In My Dreams
2015
as Older Man

Tomcat: Dangerous Desires
1993
as Dr. Pace

Who Killed JonBenét?
2016
as Attorney Byron Burroughs

Love in Winterland
2020
as Walter Sprodling

A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!
2011
as Mayor

Santa Hunters
2014
as Principal Welch

Iron Road
2009
as George Grant

Ruby
2021
as Jack Landry

The Peacekeeper
1997
as Secretary of Defense

Love & Human Remains
1994
as The Cowboy

Grace
2009
as Henry Matheson

All Things Valentine
2016
as Roy

Messages Deleted
2010
as Det. Breedlove

Eighteen
2005
as Earl

The Last Breath
1999
as Sheriff Mitchum

Natural Enemy
1996
as Sherwood

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2008
as Stephen Windom

Midnight in Saint Petersburg
1996
as Dr. Vestry

Five More Minutes
2021
as Edward

Dangerous Intuition
2013
as Detective Debrinsky

Legacy of Fear
2006
as Police Chief Ray Blum

The Long Island Serial Killer: A Mother's Hunt for Justice
2021
as Gus Coletti: Caring Neighbour

A Christmas Proposal
2021
as Bill Pendergast

Goodnight for Justice: Queen of Hearts
2013
as Banker

Sleepwalking in Suburbia
2017
as Dr. Thorston

Final Vision
2017
as Judge Dupree

How to Murder Your Husband: The Nancy Brophy Story
2023
as Probate Judge

Run for Your Life
2014
as Tyler Stone

Destination: Infestation
2007
as Captain Dan McReady

The Baker's Son
2021
as Jean Pierre

Good Morning, Killer
2011
as Vince

Lonesome Dove Church
2014
as Charles Stone

The Wedding March
2016
as Johnny

Musketeers Forever
1998
as Roland Locksley

Happy Holidays from Cherry Lane
2024
as Walter

Les Légendes du Grand Nord
1995

Mingle All the Way
2018
as Reginald Hoffman

If I Only Had Christmas
2020
as Henry

Dead End
1998

P.T. Barnum
1999
as John Genin

Wedding March 3: Here Comes the Bride
2018
as Johnny

A Little Daytime Drama
2021
as Walter Fairchild / Walter Fairchild/Ted Gerard)

The Kate Logan Affair
2010
as Sergent McBean

Little Men
1998
as John Brooke

The Rocket
2005
as Connie Smythe

Hawk's Vengeance
1996
as Durkee

Notes from the Heart Healer
2012
as Violet's Boss

Black List
1995
as Ministre Paul Rhéaume

Dancing on the Moon
1997
as Joseph Morrison

Christmas on Holly Lane
2018
as Oscar

Code Name: Jaguar
1999
as CIA Director Price

The Gambler, The Girl and The Gunslinger
2009
as Marshal

No Surrender
2011
as Detective Hank Wilson
The Portrait
1992
as John Schroeder

The American Trap
2008
as DEA Agent Thompson

He Loves Me
2011
as Butcher

Final Days of Planet Earth
2006
as Korshaft

Christmas She Wrote
2020
as Brian

Elopement
2010
as Dr. Kazinski

Hitched for the Holidays
2012
as Butch

Requiem for Murder
1999
as P.M. Courtland

Promise Her Anything
1999
as Frank Seymour

My Daughter, My Angel
2007
as Robert Brault

The Good Times Are Killing Me
2009
as Cameron Derby

Wilder
2000
as Walker Grimes

Manners of Dying
2004
as Harry Parlington

Summit Circle
2007
as Jean-Pierre Deniger

Octobre
1994
as Pierre Laporte

Four Extraordinary Women
2006
as Bill

Empire of Ash III
1990
as 2nd Shepherd

The Windsor Protocol
1998

Windigo
1994
as Freddy Hook

A Beachcombers Christmas
2004
as Randolph Kendall

Boundaries
2016
as Dustin Thorpe

Sealed With a Kiss: Wedding March 6
2021
as Jonny

The Wrong Woman
1995

Task Force: Caviar
2000
as Drolet

Pretty Poison
1996
as Mueller
Running Home
1999
as Ray

Proof of Lies
2006
as Dr. Jack Gannon

Eye of the Wolf
1994
as Sergent

Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013
as Dr. Vulnet Grazinar

La belle empoisonneuse
2007
as M. Angelopoulos

Demain
2008
as Richard

Highway of Heartache
1996
as Clive Turnpike
About 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 têt… With 140 credits spanning from 1985 to 2024, Serge Houde has appeared in 108 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Serge Houde Movies
- The Age of Adaline (2015) — as Good Samaritan
- The Jackal (1997) — as Beaufres
- The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) — as Scientist #1
- 50/50 (2011) — as Richard Lerner
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011) — as Mr. Salz
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