Harrison Houde
Harrison Houde (/huːd/; born March 26, 1996) is a Canadian actor, producer, director, YouTuber, and musician best known for his first acting role was "Darren Walsh" in the 2010 American film Diary of a Wimpy Kid and for his role as 'Bowie' in the sit-com Some Assembly Required. He has also composed original scores which have aired on TV internationally, and is the synthwave music producer under his alias Tokyo Rat.[1]
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Occupation | Actor, Producer, Director, Musician. |
Years active | 2008–present |
Website | http://www.HarrisonHoude.ca |
Acting
He landed his first role in Diary of a Wimpy Kid in 2010.
He was nominated and won a Joey Award for his work in Some Assembly Required on November 16, 2014, under the category Best Young Actor age 10-19 or younger in a TV Series Comedy/Action Leading Role.[2] In 2015 Harrison was named Hollywood Reporters young up-and-coming rising stars to watch from Canada.[3] Harrison won a Canadian Screen Award in 2016 for best host of a youth/kids series for his work on Finding Stuff Out.
Television
In early 2010, Houde began hosting a television show called Finding Stuff Out, produced by Apartment 11 Productions.[4]
On January 6, 2014, he joined the cast of the brand new Canadian sitcom Some Assembly Required, which premiered on YTV and is on Netflix worldwide.[5][6]
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.
In 2017, Houde appeared in an episode of Rogue.
In 2018, he appeared on an episode of iZombie, The Hollow, and in the movie Summer of '84.
YouTube
As of February 2020, he has 18.8k subscribers.[7]
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
- Untold Stories of the ER (1 Episode) (2010)
- "Heart in Hand" (October 31, 2010) – Alex
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) – Darren Walsh
- A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! (TV Movie, 2011) – Hall Monitor
- Finding Stuff Out (2012–2014) -[8] Host and Music Compositions by Apartment 11 Productions.
- (Season 1, 15 Episodes) 2012
- (Season 2, 13 Episodes) 2013
- (Season 3, 13 Episodes) 2014
- Spooksville (3 Episodes) (2013–2014)
- "The Thing in the Closet" (January 1, 2013) – Stanley 'Scaredy' Katzman
- "Phone Fear" (March 22, 2014) – Stanley 'Scaredy' Katzman
- "Blood Drive" (April 5, 2014) – Stanley 'Scaredy' Katzman
- Pants on Fire (Disney XD TV Movie) 2014 - Kyle
- Some Assembly Required (2014–Present) – Bowie
- (Season 1, 26 Episodes) – Bowie Sherman
- (Season 2, 18 Episodes) - Bowie Sherman
- (Season 3, 13 Episodes) - Bowie Sherman
- Rogue
- "How The Light Gets In" (2017) - Bobby
- The Hollow - Kai (Episode 10, Live-action sequence)
- Summer of '84 - Bobby
References
- "Finding Stuff Out – Power of TV To Educate (Vancouver Article)". Times Colonist. July 2, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
- "Joey Awards 2014". November 16, 2014.
- "Before TIFF Kicks Off, Meet Canada's Rising Stars". Retrieved August 16, 2016.
- "Canadian Screen Awards (Nominated)". Apartment 11 Productions. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- "Some Assembly Production".
- "Pqbnews Interview". Entertainment. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
- "Harrison Houde's YouTube Channel". Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- "Interview with the Host Of "FSO". The Magazine – Canada. January 23, 2012. Archived from the original on May 26, 2013. Retrieved August 5, 2013.