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 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."

Biography 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. Filmography Film + List of films Title Year Role Director Notes Empire of Ash III Feature film Physician Feature film North of Pittsburgh Simpson Feature film Stay Tuned Feature film Love and Human Remains Feature film Tomcat: Dangerous Desires Direct-to-video Look Who's Talking Now! Feature film Breaking Point Feature film Octobre Feature film Windigo Feature film Black List Feature film Highway of Heartache Feature film Feature film Dancing on the Moon French version Beaufres Feature film Little Men Feature film Musketeers Forever Feature film Sublet Feature film Feature film Requiem for Murder Feature film Taxman Cameo appearance Grey Owl Cameo appearance Running Home Feature film Wilder Feature film Traitor or Patriot Himself Documentary Hidden Agenda Feature film Laurent (uncredited) Feature film Cameo appearance Paycheck Feature film Feature film Manners of Dying Feature film Eighteen Earl Feature film Feature film Sisters Independent film Feature film Feature film Summit Circle Feature film Feature film Still Life Shep Feature film Boot Camp Karl Feature film Feature film Feature film Personal Effects Feature film Tomorrow Richard Feature film Grace Feature film Feature film Messages Deleted Feature film Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Feature film 50/50 Feature film Dragons 3D Short film Lonesome Dove Church Feature film Nine Lives Feature film Boundaries Feature film Coffee & Kareem Jerome Streaming film

Television +List of programs television Title Year Role Notes Murphy's Law - Ed Television series Wiseguy N.D. Agent / Agent #1 2 episodes MacGyver - French Delegate / Lawyer 2 episodes Neon Rider - Mr. Trumble Episode: "Under Pressure" Omen IV: The Awakening Morris Creighton Television film Fly by Night Rene Episode: "Furs Flying" Silent Motive Officer Television film Urban Angel Commander Episode: "Deadly Force" Space Cases Neinstein Episode: "Forever Young" Largo Winch - John Sullivan 35 episodes Smallville - John Frankle / Priest 3 episodes Supernatural - Ed Stoltz / Dr. Mason 2 episodes 4 episodes Mortal Kombat: Legacy The Doctor 2 episodes Played David Thorpe Episode: "Drugs" iZombie -present Donald Thorne 3 episodes 19-2 Leon the Tourette's Guy Episode: "Borders" When Calls the Heart Judge Roy Parker Episode: "Trials of the Heart" Santa Hunters Principal Welsh Television film On the Farm Vancouver Mayor Television film Chesapeake Shores - Del Granger 10 episodes Johnny Television film Somewhere Between Richard Ruskin 4 episodes Milt Episode: "The Hostile Hospital: Part One" Trial & Error Milton Buckley / Houseboy 3 episodes Jean Pierre Duval Television film