Luck Mervil, singer and actor, was born 59 years ago

From Port-au-Prince to Quebec

He arrived in Canada at age four, followed his family to New York at twelve, and returned to Quebec at seventeen. In 1992, he revealed himself as a singer with the group Rude Luck during the Empire des Futures Stars, a radio music contest.

Clopin, then the screen

In 1997, he obtained the role of Clopin in the musical Notre-Dame de Paris by Luc Plamondon and Richard Cocciante, which he reprised at Bercy in December 2011 with the original cast. Solo, he notably released Aller Simple in 1997 and Ti peyi a in 2009. He appeared in films such as Un dimanche à Kigali in 2006, and hosted Le 3950 on TV5 from 2007 to 2009. A supporter of Quebec independence, he was named Patriot of the Year for 2004-2005 by the Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste and received the National Assembly Medal in 2006.

Legal troubles

In May 2018, he pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a minor for incidents dating back to 1996. On August 7, 2025, he was found guilty of sexual assault in Rimouski, and in May 2026, while awaiting his appeal, he was sentenced to two years in prison.