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
Champs-Elysées
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Le Grand Échiquier
Le monde est à vous
Numéro un
The Pianist
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
All Movies (29)
- Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !2024
- L'humour c'est mieux à deux2022 · as Self
- Sixty2019 · as Self - Comedian
- Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 20172017 · as Self
- The Jews2016 · as Lucien
- Ruben fête ses 25 ans2015 · as Self
- A Child's Battle2011 · as Toussaint
- Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !2011 · as Him Self
- Simon Konianski2009 · as Ernest
- Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »2009 · as Self
- L'Amour foot2009
- The Pianist2002 · as Rubenstein
- Face à face2001 · as Paul Laffargue
- La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia1994 · as Léonide
- Shabbot Shalom!1992 · as Grand-père Rabbin
- The Station1990 · as (as Jean Hebert)
- Cellini: A Violent Life1990 · as Gattinara
- Popeck à l'Olympia1990 · as him self
- Banana's Boulevard1986 · as Le père Goldenberg
- Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons1985 · as Paul le pirate
- Adam et Ève1984 · as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
- Père Noël et fils1983
- T'es folle ou quoi ?1982 · as Le plombier
- The Hornet's Nest1976 · as Hans
- Cousin, Cousine1975 · as Sacy
- The Restroom Robbery1975 · as Un policier à la gare
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob1973 · as Moishe Schmoll
- Themroc1973 · as Le tailleur de crayons
- The Mad Dog1966
All TV Shows (7)
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- Le monde est à vous1987 · as Self
- Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
- Numéro un1975 · as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
- Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
- Baal's Companions1968 · as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval