Luck Mervil

Lucknerson Mervil (born 20 October 1967) is a Haitian-Canadian actor and singer-songwriter. He is known for support of Quebec independence, and was named Patriot of the Year 2004 (in 2005) by the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society.

Mervil was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. His family moved to Quebec when he was four years old. He lived in New York between the ages of 12 and 17, and then returned to Quebec.

Mervil recorded several albums of reggae and rap music, including three with his band RudeLuck and later a self-titled solo album in 2000.

Mervil performed the role of Clopin is the original distribution of the 1998 Notre-Dame de Paris musical. He made several subsequent television appearances, and in 2001 acted in the film Betty Fisher et autres histoires in 2001.

Mervil was a spokesperson for the Canadian Centre for International Studies and Cooperation. He founded the charitable organization, Vilaj vilaj.

Luck Mervil pleaded guilty in May 2018 to one charge of sexual exploitation for engaging in sexual relationship with a girl in 1996. The sexual contacts started when the girl was 17 and Mervil was 29, and continued after she turned 18. Despite age of consent in Canada being 14 years old at the time, the conviction stems from the fact Mervil was "in a position of authority" when the sexual contacts started while the girl was a minor. The judge, accepting the joint recommendation of the prosecution and defense, sentenced Mervil to 6 months to be served in the community, the first three of which under house arrest.

• 1993 : RudeLuck (with RudeLuck)
• 1995 : Two (with RudeLuck)
• 1998 : Revolution (CD Single, with RudeLuck)
• 1999 : Aller Simple
• 2000 : Luck Mervil
• 2003 : Soul
• 2009 : Ti peyi a