Popeck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1935 (age 91)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
Popeck (born Judka Herpstu; 18 May 1936) is a French actor and stand-up comedian. The son of Jewish immigrants from Poland and Romania, Judka Herpstu was born in Paris. He was among the children saved from the Holocaust by the OSE, but his mother was murdered in Auschwitz. He studied acting at the Cours Simon and started his career on stage under the name Jean Herbert. In 1968, Herpstu created the character of Popeck, a grumpy Eastern-European immigrant dressed in a 3-piece suit, wearing a bowler hat and speaking French with a strong Yiddish accent. Sketches featuring Popeck made Herpstu known to the larger public, and the actor identified with his character so far as to finally adopt the name Popeck for himself in 1978. In addition to his work on stage, Popeck has acted in movies. He had a small role in Roman Polanski's The Pianist. Source: Article "Popeck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
Movie
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Movie · as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Sixty
Movie · as Self - Comedian
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
Movie · as Self
The Jews
Movie · as Lucien
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Movie · as Self
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
Movie · as Him Self
A Child's Battle
Movie · as Toussaint
Simon Konianski
Movie · as Ernest
L'Amour foot
Movie
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
Movie · as Self
The Pianist
Movie · as Rubenstein
Face à face
Movie · as Paul Laffargue
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
Movie · as Léonide
Shabbot Shalom!
Movie · as Grand-père Rabbin
The Station
Movie · as (as Jean Hebert)
Popeck à l'Olympia
Movie · as him self
Cellini: A Violent Life
Movie · as Gattinara
Le monde est à vous
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Banana's Boulevard
Movie · as Le père Goldenberg
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Movie · as Paul le pirate
Adam et Ève
Movie · as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
Père Noël et fils
Movie
T'es folle ou quoi ?
Movie · as Le plombier
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self · 7 eps
The Hornet's Nest
Movie · as Hans
Cousin, Cousine
Movie · as Sacy
The Restroom Robbery
Movie · as Un policier à la gare
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie · as Moishe Schmoll
Themroc
Movie · as Le tailleur de crayons
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Baal's Companions
TV · as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval · 7 eps
The Mad Dog
Movie