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