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.
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Acting
Movie
The Pianist
as Rubenstein
2002
Movie
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Moishe Schmoll
1973
Movie
The Jews
as Lucien
2016
Movie
The Restroom Robbery
as Un policier à la gare
1975
Movie
Themroc
as Le tailleur de crayons
1973
Movie
Cousin, Cousine
as Sacy
1975
Movie
The Station
as (as Jean Hebert)
1990
Movie
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
2019
Movie
Simon Konianski
as Ernest
2009
TV
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Movie
The Hornet's Nest
as Hans
1976
Movie
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Gattinara
1990
TV
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Movie
Adam et Ève
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
1984
Movie
T'es folle ou quoi ?
as Le plombier
1982
Movie
The Mad Dog
1966
TV
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
Movie
Face à face
as Paul Laffargue
2001
Movie
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
as Paul le pirate
1985
Movie
Banana's Boulevard
as Le père Goldenberg
1986
TV
Numéro un
as Self
1975
Movie
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
as Léonide
1994
Movie
Popeck à l'Olympia
as him self
1990
Movie
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
as Self
2017
