
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

Themroc (1973)
as Le tailleur de crayons

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
as Moishe Schmoll

Simon Konianski (2009)
as Ernest

Père Noël et fils (1983)
Actor

A Child's Battle (2011)
as Toussaint

The Mad Dog (1966)
Actor

The Jews (2016)
as Lucien

Ruben fête ses 25 ans (2015)
as Self

Adam et Ève (1984)
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.

Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
as Gattinara

The Restroom Robbery (1975)
as Un policier à la gare

Banana's Boulevard (1986)
as Le père Goldenberg

T'es folle ou quoi ? (1982)
as Le plombier

The Station (1990)
as (as Jean Hebert)

Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons (1985)
as Paul le pirate

Sixty (2019)
as Self - Comedian

La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia (1994)
as Léonide

Cousin, Cousine (1975)
as Sacy

The Hornet's Nest (1976)
as Hans

Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017 (2017)
as Self

L'Amour foot (2009)
Actor

L'humour c'est mieux à deux (2022)
as Self

Shabbot Shalom! (1992)
as Grand-père Rabbin

Face à face (2001)
as Paul Laffargue

Popeck à l'Olympia (1990)
as him self

Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob » (2009)
as Self

Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme ! (2024)
Actor

Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... ! (2011)
as Him Self





