- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
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. Source: Article "Popeck" from Wikipedia in English…
Filmography
moviePopeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
2024 · , Author, Stage Director
tvIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieL'humour c'est mieux à deux
2022 · Self
movieSixty
2019 · Self - Comedian
movieLes Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
2017 · Self
movieThe Jews
2016 · Lucien
movieRuben fête ses 25 ans
2015 · Self
movieA Child's Battle
2011 · Toussaint
moviePopeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
2011 · Him Self
movieSimon Konianski
2009 · Ernest
movieIl était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
2009 · Self
movieL'Amour foot
2009
movieThe Pianist
2002 · Rubenstein
movieFace à face
2001 · Paul Laffargue
movieLa Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
1994 · Léonide
movieShabbot Shalom!
1992 · Grand-père Rabbin
movieThe Station
1990 · (as Jean Hebert)
movieCellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Gattinara
moviePopeck à l'Olympia
1990 · him self, Author, Director
tvLe monde est à vous
1987 · Self
movieBanana's Boulevard
1986 · Le père Goldenberg
movieNe prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
1985 · Paul le pirate
movieAdam et Ève
1984 · monsieur Ben-Hoït.
moviePère Noël et fils
1983
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
movieT'es folle ou quoi ?
1982 · Le plombier
movieThe Hornet's Nest
1976 · Hans
movieCousin, Cousine
1975 · Sacy
tvNuméro un
1975 · Self
movieThe Restroom Robbery
1975 · Un policier à la gare
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
movieThe Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Moishe Schmoll
movieThemroc
1973 · Le tailleur de crayons
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
tvBaal's Companions
1968 · Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
movieThe Mad Dog
1966