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

Moishe Schmoll

Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob

Sacy

Cousin, Cousine

(as Jean Hebert)

La stazione

Self

L'humour c'est mieux à deux

Ernest

Simon Konianski

Léonide

La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia

him self

Popeck à l'Olympia

Self - Comedian

Soixante

Him Self

Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !

Un policier à la gare

C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule...

monsieur Ben-Hoït.

Adam et Ève

Le plombier

T'es folle ou quoi ?

Hans

Le Guêpier

Le Chien fou

L'Amour foot

Le tailleur de crayons

Themroc

Rubenstein

The Pianist

Self

Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »

Self

Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017

Paul Laffargue

Face à face

Self

Ruben fête ses 25 ans

Paul le pirate

Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons

Père Noël et fils

Lucien

Ils sont partout

Le père Goldenberg

Banana's Boulevard

Toussaint

Bas les cœurs

Grand-père Rabbin

Shabbot Shalom!

Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!

Gattinara

Una vita scellerata