Popeck
Acting
Born: 1935-05-18 in 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
Le monde est à vous
Self
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Pianist
Rubenstein
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Numéro un
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Moishe Schmoll
Themroc
Le tailleur de crayons
The Station
(as Jean Hebert)
Baal's Companions
Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
The Jews
Lucien
Cellini: A Violent Life
Gattinara
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Self
Simon Konianski
Ernest
Cousin, Cousine
Sacy
Adam et Ève
monsieur Ben-Hoït.
A Child's Battle
Toussaint
Banana's Boulevard
Le père Goldenberg
Père Noël et fils
The Mad Dog
The Restroom Robbery
Un policier à la gare
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Paul le pirate
The Hornet's Nest
Hans
Shabbot Shalom!
Grand-père Rabbin
Sixty
Self - Comedian
T'es folle ou quoi ?
Le plombier
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
Léonide
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
Self
Face à face
Paul Laffargue
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
Self
Popeck à l'Olympia
him self
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Self
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
Him Self
Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
