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
La stazione
Self
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Ernest
Simon Konianski
Marcel Perrault
Scènes de ménages - Ça s'enguirlande pour Noël
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
Joseph
Les Compagnons de Baal
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!
Una vita scellerata
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
31
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-05-18
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
Jean Herbert