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

• 2024Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme ! — Author, Stage Director
• 2016The Jews — Lucien
• 2011A Child's Battle — Toussaint
• 2011Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... ! — Him Self
• 2009L'Amour foot
• 2009Simon Konianski — Ernest
• 2002The Pianist — Rubenstein
• 2001Face à face — Paul Laffargue
• 1994La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia — Léonide
• 1992Shabbot Shalom! — Grand-père Rabbin
• 1990Cellini: A Violent Life — Gattinara
• 1990Popeck à l'Olympia — him self, Author, Director
• 1990The Station — (as Jean Hebert)
• 1986Banana's Boulevard — Le père Goldenberg
• 1985Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons — Paul le pirate
• 1984Adam et Ève — monsieur Ben-Hoït.
• 1983Père Noël et fils
• 1982T'es folle ou quoi ? — Le plombier
• 1976The Hornet's Nest — Hans
• 1975Cousin, Cousine — Sacy
• 1975The Restroom Robbery — Un policier à la gare
• 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob — Moishe Schmoll
• 1973Themroc — Le tailleur de crayons
• Baal's Companions — Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
• 1966The Mad Dog

Appearances as themselves (11)

• Il était une fois Champs-Élysées — Self (archive footage)
• 2022L'humour c'est mieux à deux — Self
• 2019Sixty — Self - Comedian
• 2017Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017 — Self
• 2015Ruben fête ses 25 ans — Self
• 2009Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob » — Self
• Le monde est à vous — Self
• Champs-Elysées — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Numéro un — Self
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self