Popeck
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
Credits
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · L'humour c'est mieux à deux as Self
- 2019 · Sixty as Self - Comedian
- 2018 · Scènes de ménages - Ça s'enguirlande pour Noël as Marcel Perrault
- 2017 · Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017 as Self
- 2016 · The Jews as Lucien
- 2015 · Ruben fête ses 25 ans as Self
- 2011 · Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... ! as Him Self
- 2009 · Simon Konianski as Ernest
- 2009 · Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob » as Self
- 2009 · L'Amour foot as
- 2002 · The Pianist as Rubenstein
- 2001 · Face à face as Paul Laffargue
- 1994 · La rêverie ou le mariage de Sylvia as Léonide
- 1990 · The Station as
- 1990 · Popeck à l'Olympia as him self
- 1987 · Le monde est à vous as Self
- 1986 · Banana's Boulevard as Le père Goldenberg
- 1985 · Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons as Paul le pirate
- 1984 · Adam et Ève as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
- 1983 · Père Noël et fils as
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1982 · T'es folle ou quoi ? as Le plombier
- 1976 · The Hornet's Nest as Hans
- 1975 · Cousin, Cousine as Sacy
- 1975 · Numéro un as Self
- 1975 · The Restroom Robbery as Un policier à la gare (Crédité : Jean Herber)
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1973 · The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob as Moishe Schmoll
- 1973 · Themroc as Le tailleur de crayons
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 1970 · The Companions of Baal as Joseph
- 1966 · The Mad Dog as