Harrison Houde
{{Short description|Canadian singer and actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Harrison Houde
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| image_size = 250px
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| other_names = Tokyo Rat
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1996|03|26}}
| birth_place = Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
| occupation = Actor, Producer, Director, Musician.
| years_active = 2008–present
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| partner =
| website = http://www.HarrisonHoude.ca
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Harrison Houde ({{IPAc-en|h|uː|d}}; 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/island-teen-harrison-houde-hosts-new-show-finding-stuff-out-1.340485|title=Finding Stuff Out – Power of TV To Educate (Vancouver Article)|publisher=Times Colonist|date=July 2, 2013|accessdate=August 5, 2013}}
Career
=Acting=
He landed his first role in Diary of a Wimpy Kid in 2010.Harrison Houde as Darren Walsh, Greg's classmate who is infamous for starting the Cheese Touch.Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)#Cast
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."{{cite web|url=http://www.joeyawards.com/2014nominations.html|title=Joey Awards 2014|date=November 16, 2014|access-date=November 18, 2014|archive-date=November 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128130641/http://www.joeyawards.com/2014nominations.html|url-status=dead}} In 2015, Harrison was named one of Hollywood Reporter's young up-and-coming rising stars to watch from Canada.{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/before-tiff-kicks-meet-canadas-819200|title=Before TIFF Kicks Off, Meet Canada's Rising Stars|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 4, 2015|access-date=2016-08-16}} 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.{{cite web |title=CBC shows The Book of Negroes, Schitt's Creek win big at CSAs |date=March 10, 2016 |website=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218172041/https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-awards-cbc-part-two-1.3484294 |archive-date=February 18, 2023 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/csa-awards-cbc-part-two-1.3484294}}
=Television=
In early 2010, Houde began hosting the first three seasons of a television show called Finding Stuff Out, produced by Apartment 11 Productions.{{cite web|url=http://www.apartment11.tv/finding-stuff-out.html#awards|title=Canadian Screen Awards (Nominated)|publisher=Apartment 11 Productions|accessdate=February 14, 2014}}
On January 6, 2014, he joined the cast of the Canadian sitcom Some Assembly Required, which premiered on YTV and is on Netflix worldwide.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv-eh.com/2013/08/29/some-assembly-required-in-production/|title=Some Assembly Production}}{{cite web|url=http://www.pqbnews.com/entertainment/239135711.html|title=Pqbnews Interview|publisher=Entertainment|accessdate=February 14, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140215025142/http://www.pqbnews.com/entertainment/239135711.html|archive-date=February 15, 2014|url-status=dead}}
In 2017, Houde appeared in an episode of Rogue.
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.{{Cite web |date=2021-04-03 |title=Vancouver Island actor/director debuts new online series ‘Stories of Kindness’ |url=https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/entertainment/vancouver-island-actor-director-debuts-new-online-series-stories-of-kindness-7208849 |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Vancouver Island Free Daily |language=en}}
=Directing & Producing=
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.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.
With several award winning festival short films, Harrison has directed his first feature length film and joined the Directors Guild of Canada for a movie he co-wrote and produced with Quebec based Vital Productions https://www.vitalproductions.ca who will also handle Canadian distribution, as well as producing with his own production company Vesperia Films,https://www.vesperiafilms.com Tight Lettuce https://ctvm.info/vital-productions-annonce-le-debut-du-tournage-du-long-metrage-tight-lettuce-dans-les-laurentides/ https://qfq.com/spip.php?article102649 release date is unknown as the film is currently in post-production as of 2025.
=YouTube=
As of November 2022, he has 22.3K subscribers.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/xTurnipTimex|title=Harrison Houde's YouTube Channel|website=YouTube|accessdate=February 20, 2020}}
In early 2013 he signed with the YouTube network the Collective Digital Studios based in Beverly Hills, California.
In early 2016 Harrison left his YouTube network (Collective Digital Studios now known as Studio71).
Filmography
= Films =
| class="wikitable"
! 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 =
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Character/Role ! Notes | |||
| 2010 | Untold Stories of the E.R. | Alex | Episode: "Heart in Hand" |
| 2012–2014 | Finding Stuff Out | Harrison{{cite web|url=http://www.themagazine.ca/2012/01/23/interview-with-harrison-houde-host-of-finding-stuff-out/|title=Interview with the Host Of "FSO|publisher=The Magazine – Canada|date=January 23, 2012|accessdate=August 5, 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526151607/http://www.themagazine.ca/2012/01/23/interview-with-harrison-houde-host-of-finding-stuff-out/|archivedate=May 26, 2013|df=mdy-all}} | 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" |
| 2019 | Bazerk! | Episode: "Love & Pizza" |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|3583238}}
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Category:Canadian male film actors
Category:Canadian male television actors
Category:Canadian male child actors
Category:Canadian television hosts
Category:21st-century Canadian male singers
Category:21st-century Canadian singers
Category:Film directors from British Columbia