Popeck
Acting • Born 1935-05-18
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.
Filmography
36 credits
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie • 1973
Moishe Schmoll
Cousin, Cousine
Movie • 1975
Sacy
The Station
Movie • 1990
(as Jean Hebert)
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Movie • 2022
Self
Simon Konianski
Movie • 2009
Ernest
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
Movie • 1994
Léonide
Popeck à l'Olympia
Movie • 1990
him self
Sixty
Movie • 2019
Self - Comedian
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
Movie • 2011
Him Self
The Restroom Robbery
Movie • 1975
Un policier à la gare
Adam et Ève
Movie • 1984
monsieur Ben-Hoït.
T'es folle ou quoi ?
Movie • 1982
Le plombier
The Hornet's Nest
Movie • 1976
Hans
The Mad Dog
Movie • 1966
L'Amour foot
Movie • 2009
Themroc
Movie • 1973
Le tailleur de crayons
The Pianist
Movie • 2002
Rubenstein
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
Movie • 2009
Self
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
Movie • 2017
Self
Face à face
Movie • 2001
Paul Laffargue
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Movie • 2015
Self
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Movie • 1985
Paul le pirate
Père Noël et fils
Movie • 1983
The Jews
Movie • 2016
Lucien
Banana's Boulevard
Movie • 1986
Le père Goldenberg
A Child's Battle
Movie • 2011
Toussaint
Shabbot Shalom!
Movie • 1992
Grand-père Rabbin
Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!
Movie • 2024
Cellini: A Violent Life
Movie • 1990
Gattinara
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Numéro un
TV • 1975
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Le monde est à vous
TV • 1987
Self
Baal's Companions
TV • 1968
Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval