Popeck
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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
The Pianist (2002)
as Rubenstein
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
as Moishe Schmoll
Themroc (1973)
as Le tailleur de crayons
Simon Konianski (2009)
as Ernest
Cousin, Cousine (1975)
as Sacy
The Jews (2016)
as Lucien
Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
as Gattinara
The Station (1990)
as (as Jean Hebert)
Père Noël et fils (1983)
Actor
The Restroom Robbery (1975)
as Un policier à la gare
Adam et Ève (1984)
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
The Mad Dog (1966)
Actor
The Hornet's Nest (1976)
as Hans
Sixty (2019)
as Self - Comedian
A Child's Battle (2011)
as Toussaint
Shabbot Shalom! (1992)
as Grand-père Rabbin
T'es folle ou quoi ? (1982)
as Le plombier
Banana's Boulevard (1986)
as Le père Goldenberg
Ruben fête ses 25 ans (2015)
as Self
L'Amour foot (2009)
Actor
Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme ! (2024)
Actor
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017 (2017)
as Self
Face à face (2001)
as Paul Laffargue
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons (1985)
as Paul le pirate
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob » (2009)
as Self
L'humour c'est mieux à deux (2022)
as Self
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... ! (2011)
as Him Self
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia (1994)
as Léonide
Popeck à l'Olympia (1990)
as him self