Popeck
Born: 1935-05-18 in Paris, France
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2022
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 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
2016
- The Jews as Lucien
2015
- Ruben fête ses 25 ans as Self
2011
- A Child's Battle as Toussaint
- Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... ! as Him Self
2009
- Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob » as Self
- Simon Konianski as Ernest
- L'Amour foot
2002
- The Pianist as Rubenstein
2001
- Face à face as Paul Laffargue
1994
- La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia as Léonide
1992
- Shabbot Shalom! as Grand-père Rabbin
1990
- The Station as (as Jean Hebert)
- Cellini: A Violent Life as Gattinara
- 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
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- T'es folle ou quoi ? as Le plombier
1976
- The Hornet's Nest as Hans
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Numéro un as Self
- Cousin, Cousine as Sacy
- The Restroom Robbery as Un policier à la gare
1973
- Themroc as Le tailleur de crayons
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob as Moishe Schmoll
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1968
- Baal's Companions as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval