Popeck
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1935, Paris, France
- Movies
- 30
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2024 | Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme ! | |
| 2022 | L'humour c'est mieux à deux | Self |
| 2019 | Sixty | Self - Comedian |
| 2017 | Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017 | Self |
| 2016 | The Jews | Lucien |
| 2015 | Ruben fête ses 25 ans | Self |
| 2011 | A Child's Battle | Toussaint |
| 2011 | Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... ! | Him Self |
| 2009 | Simon Konianski | Ernest |
| 2009 | Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob » | Self |
| 2009 | L'Amour foot | |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Rubenstein |
| 2001 | Face à face | Paul Laffargue |
| 1994 | La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia | Léonide |
| 1992 | Shabbot Shalom! | Grand-père Rabbin |
| 1990 | The Station | (as Jean Hebert) |
| 1990 | Cellini: A Violent Life | Gattinara |
| 1990 | Popeck à l'Olympia | him self |
| 1986 | Banana's Boulevard | Le père Goldenberg |
| 1985 | Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons | Paul le pirate |
| 1984 | Adam et Ève | monsieur Ben-Hoït. |
| 1983 | Père Noël et fils | |
| 1982 | T'es folle ou quoi ? | Le plombier |
| 1976 | The Hornet's Nest | Hans |
| 1975 | Cousin, Cousine | Sacy |
| 1975 | The Restroom Robbery | Un policier à la gare |
| 1973 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Moishe Schmoll |
| 1973 | Themroc | Le tailleur de crayons |
| 1966 | The Mad Dog |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1990 | Popeck à l'Olympia | Director |
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