Acting · Paris, France · Born May 18, 1935
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.
MoviePopeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
2024
TVIl était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
MovieL'humour c'est mieux à deux
2022
as Self
MovieSixty
2019
as Self - Comedian
MovieLes Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
2017
as Self
MovieThe Jews
2016
as Lucien
MovieRuben fête ses 25 ans
2015
as Self
MovieA Child's Battle
2011
as Toussaint
MoviePopeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
2011
as Him Self
MovieSimon Konianski
2009
as Ernest
MovieIl était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
2009
as Self
MovieL'Amour foot
2009
MovieThe Pianist
2002
as Rubenstein
MovieFace à face
2001
as Paul Laffargue
MovieLa Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
1994
as Léonide
MovieShabbot Shalom!
1992
as Grand-père Rabbin
MovieThe Station
1990
as (as Jean Hebert)
MovieCellini: A Violent Life
1990
as Gattinara
MoviePopeck à l'Olympia
1990
as him self
TVLe monde est à vous
1987
as Self
MovieBanana's Boulevard
1986
as Le père Goldenberg
MovieNe prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
1985
as Paul le pirate
MovieAdam et Ève
1984
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
MoviePère Noël et fils
1983
TVChamps-Elysées
1982
as Self
MovieT'es folle ou quoi ?
1982
as Le plombier
MovieThe Hornet's Nest
1976
as Hans
MovieCousin, Cousine
1975
as Sacy
TVNuméro un
1975
as Self
MovieThe Restroom Robbery
1975
as Un policier à la gare
TVLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
MovieThe Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as Moishe Schmoll
MovieThemroc
1973
as Le tailleur de crayons
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
TVBaal's Companions
1968
as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
MovieThe Mad Dog
1966
