Harrison Houde

Harrison Houde
Born (1996-03-26) March 26, 1996 (age 28)
Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Other namesTokyo Rat
Occupation(s)Actor, Producer, Director, Musician.
Years active2008–present
FatherSerge Houde
Websitehttp://www.HarrisonHoude.ca

Harrison Houde (/huːd/; born March 26, 1996) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, YouTuber, and musician. He is best known for his first acting role as Darren Walsh in the 2010 American film Diary of a Wimpy Kid and for his role as 'Bowie' in the sitcom Some Assembly Required. He has also composed original scores, which have aired on TV internationally, and is a synth-wave music producer under the alias Tokyo Rat.[1] He is the son of fellow actor Serge Houde.

Career

Acting

He landed his first role in Diary of a Wimpy Kid in 2010.[2]

He was nominated and won a Joey Award for his work in Some Assembly Required on November 16, 2014, in the category "Best Young Actor age 10-19 or younger in a TV Series Comedy/Action Leading Role."[3] In 2015, Harrison was named one of Hollywood Reporter''s young up-and-coming rising stars to watch from Canada.[4] The TV Show Finding Stuff Out, which Houde hosted, secured the Canadian Screen Award in 2016 for Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series.[5]

Television

In early 2010, Houde began hosting the first three seasons of a television show called Finding Stuff Out, produced by Apartment 11 Productions.[6]

On January 6, 2014, he joined the cast of the Canadian sitcom Some Assembly Required, which premiered on YTV and is on Netflix worldwide.[7][8]

Houde's first short film 'I Dare You' made its debut at the 2016 festival de Canne with Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent program. [9]

In 2017, Houde appeared in an episode of Rogue.[citation needed]

In 2018, he appeared on an episode of iZombie, The Hollow, and in the movie Summer of '84.[citation needed]

In 2021, Houde produced and directed a new show called Stories of Kindness, which was an interview series from “Canada’s ‘kindness champions’”. According to Houde, “the show focuses on spreading kindness, connection and storytelling through children”, and is hosted by Travis Price.[10]

YouTube

As of November 2022, he has 22.3K subscribers.[11]

In early 2013 he signed with the YouTube network the Collective Digital Studios based in Beverly Hills, California.[citation needed]

In early 2016 Harrison left his YouTube network (Collective Digital Studios now known as Studio71).[citation needed]

Filmography

Films

Year Title Character/Role Notes
2010 Diary of a Wimpy Kid Darren Walsh
2011 A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! Hall Monitor Television film
2014 Noah 2: Go Forth and Multiply Japheth Short film
2014 Pants on Fire Kyle TV movie
2016 I Dare You Tyler Short film
2017 The Samaritan Max Short film
2018 Summer of 84 Bobby Coker
2018 Vinny's Girl Hugo Short film
2019 Buttonwillow Cfred Short film
2022 Girl Gone Bad Blair
2022 Cafe Racer Harlow

Televisions

Year Title Character/Role Notes
2010 Untold Stories of the E.R. Alex Episode: "Heart in Hand"
2012–2014 Finding Stuff Out Harrison[12] Main role
2013–2014 Spooksville Stanley 'Scaredy' Katzman 3 episodes
2014–2016 Some Assembly Required Bowie Sherman Main role
2016 The Bowie Showie Bowie (as himself) TV mini series
2017 Rogue Bobby Episode: "How The Light Gets In"
2018 IZombie Caddy Episode: "Blue Bloody"
2018 The Hollow Kai Episode: "Colrath"
2018 Dumpcake Comedy Brandon Episode: "Work Crush"
2019 Bazerk! Episode: "Love & Pizza"
2021 Stories of Kindness Episode: "Breaking All Odds"

References

  1. ^ "Finding Stuff Out – Power of TV To Educate (Vancouver Article)". Times Colonist. July 2, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  2. ^ Harrison Houde as Darren Walsh, Greg's classmate who is infamous for starting the Cheese Touch.Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)#Cast
  3. ^ "Joey Awards 2014". November 16, 2014. Archived from the original on November 28, 2014. Retrieved November 18, 2014.
  4. ^ "Before TIFF Kicks Off, Meet Canada's Rising Stars". The Hollywood Reporter. September 4, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. ^ "CBC shows The Book of Negroes, Schitt's Creek win big at CSAs". CBC News. March 10, 2016. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023.
  6. ^ "Canadian Screen Awards (Nominated)". Apartment 11 Productions. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  7. ^ "Some Assembly Production".
  8. ^ "Pqbnews Interview". Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Houde's first short film 'I Dare You' made its debut at the 2016 festival de Canne with Telefilm Canada's Not Short on Talent program.
  10. ^ "Vancouver Island actor/director debuts new online series 'Stories of Kindness'". Vancouver Island Free Daily. April 3, 2021. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
  11. ^ "Harrison Houde's YouTube Channel". YouTube. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  12. ^ "Interview with the Host Of "FSO". The Magazine – Canada. January 23, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.