Popeck
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.
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Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
2024 · Author, Stage Director
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
2022 · Self
Sixty
2019 · Self - Comedian
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
2017 · Self
The Jews
2016 · Lucien
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
2015 · Self
A Child's Battle
2011 · Toussaint
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
2011 · Him Self
Simon Konianski
2009 · Ernest
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
2009 · Self
L'Amour foot
2009
The Pianist
2002 · Rubenstein
Face à face
2001 · Paul Laffargue
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
1994 · Léonide
Shabbot Shalom!
1992 · Grand-père Rabbin
The Station
1990 · (as Jean Hebert)
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Gattinara
Popeck à l'Olympia
1990 · him self, Author, Director
Banana's Boulevard
1986 · Le père Goldenberg
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
1985 · Paul le pirate
Adam et Ève
1984 · monsieur Ben-Hoït.
Père Noël et fils
1983
T'es folle ou quoi ?
1982 · Le plombier
The Hornet's Nest
1976 · Hans
Cousin, Cousine
1975 · Sacy
The Restroom Robbery
1975 · Un policier à la gare
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Moishe Schmoll
Themroc
1973 · Le tailleur de crayons
The Mad Dog
1966
