The Most Famous
ACTORS from Haiti
This page contains a list of the greatest Haitian Actors. The pantheon dataset contains 13,578 Actors, 3 of which were born in Haiti. This makes Haiti the birth place of the 91st most number of Actors behind North Macedonia, and Kazakhstan.
Top 5
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Haitian Actors of all time. This list of famous Haitian Actors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
1. Jeanne Duval (1820 - 1862)
With an HPI of 63.29, Jeanne Duval is the most famous Haitian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
Jeanne Duval (French pronunciation: [ʒan dyval]; c. 1820-1870s) was a French-born actress and courtesan of French and Caribbean descent. She was a key muse and longtime, tumultuous partner of poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire, with whom she had an on-and-off-again relationship spanning two decades.
2. Garcelle Beauvais (b. 1966)
With an HPI of 46.83, Garcelle Beauvais is the 2nd most famous Haitian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 23 different languages.
Garcelle Beauvais (French pronunciation: [gaʁsɛl bovɛ], formerly Beauvais-Nilon; born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and television personality. She is best known for her starring roles in the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show and the crime drama series NYPD Blue. She also appeared in the films Coming to America (1988) and its sequel, Coming 2 America (2021), White House Down (2013), and Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). In 2020, Beauvais became a part of the main cast on the reality television series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, where she remained for five seasons before announcing her departure after season 14. She also co-hosted the daytime talk show The Real (2020–2022) alongside Adrienne Bailon, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mai for its final two seasons.
3. Luck Mervil (b. 1967)
With an HPI of 46.18, Luck Mervil is the 3rd most famous Haitian Actor. His biography has been translated into 14 different languages.
Lucknerson Junior Mervil (born October 20, 1967), is a Haitian-Canadian singer-songwriter, actor and entrepreneur. He is known for his work in the French musical Notre-Dame-de-Paris, playing Clopin in the original French & English casts. During the early 1990s, he achieved fame as the front man of pop-rock/funk band RudeLuck by winning L’Empire des futures stars, a Quebec talent show. He was approached by Luc Plamondon to star in a Quebec/French cast new musical called Notre-Dame-de-Paris. In 2001, he began his film career with the French movie Betty Fisher et autres histoires from director Claude Miller and has appeared in several other movies. He continued work in musical theatre, this time in Quebec with Génération Motown which was shown in Quebec City and Montreal. Mervil hosted the acclaimed boy/girl band contest Mixmania, on Vrak-TV, which earned him an award for his hosting skills. He hosted a public affairs television program Le 3950 on TV5. Mervil is also known for his involvement in his community, in particular when Hurricane Jeanne hit his motherland in 2004. He shared the profit of his single Ti Peyi A with the CECI and Médécins du Monde Canada. That year, for his involvement and for bringing the Haitian and Quebec communities together, he was named Patriot of the Year by the Saint-Jean-Bapstiste Society. He released his creole album Ti Peyi A that year, featuring songs like Ti Mari & Mezanmi that are known as anthems in Haiti.
4. Jimmy Jean-Louis (b. 1968)
With an HPI of 44.09, Jimmy Jean-Louis is the 4th most famous Haitian Actor. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Jimmy Jean-Louis (born August 8, 1968) is a Haitian actor and producer. Born in Pétion-Ville, he moved to Paris at a young age with his family in search of a better life. His early roles were in French television commercials and Spanish musical theatre. Eventually settling in Los Angeles in the late 1990s, he had small roles in The Bourne Identity, Tears of the Sun and Arliss before breaking into larger roles in American television and film. He played the character of "the Haitian" on the NBC television series Heroes from 2007 to 2010. He played the title character in the 2012 French telefilm Toussaint Louverture. In 2024, he co-produced and acted in the Indian film The Goat Life alongside Prithviraj.
5. Meta Golding (b. 1971)
With an HPI of 42.11, Meta Golding is the 5th most famous Haitian Actor. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Meta Golding is a Haitian-American actress.
People
Pantheon has 5 people classified as Haitian actors born between 1820 and 1971. Of these 5, 4 (80.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Haitian actors include Garcelle Beauvais, Luck Mervil, and Jimmy Jean-Louis. The most famous deceased Haitian actors include Jeanne Duval. As of April 2024, 2 new Haitian actors have been added to Pantheon including Luck Mervil, and Jimmy Jean-Louis.
Living Haitian Actors
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Garcelle Beauvais
1966 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Luck Mervil
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Jimmy Jean-Louis
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.09
Meta Golding
1971 - Present
HPI: 42.11
