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. Source: Article "Popeck" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Paris, France, 1935-05-18

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1966	The Mad Dog		25
2	1970	The Companions of Baal	Joseph	70
3	1973	Themroc	Le tailleur de crayons	65
4	1973	The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob	Moishe Schmoll	74
5	1975	The Restroom Robbery	Un policier à la gare	65
6	1975	Cousin, Cousine	Sacy	61
7	1976	The Hornet's Nest	Hans	64
8	1982	T'es folle ou quoi ?	Le plombier	35
9	1983	Père Noël et fils		0
10	1984	Adam et Ève	monsieur Ben-Hoït.	45
11	1985	Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons	Paul le pirate	50
12	1986	Banana's Boulevard	Le père Goldenberg	80
13	1990	Popeck à l'Olympia	him self	70
14	1990	Cellini: A Violent Life		48
15	1990	The Station		62
16	1992	Shabbot Shalom!	Grand-père Rabbin	0
17	1994	La rêverie ou le mariage de Sylvia	Léonide	0
18	2001	Face à face	Paul Laffargue	55
19	2002	The Pianist	Rubenstein	84
20	2009	L'Amour foot		0
21	2009	Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »	Self	0
22	2009	Simon Konianski	Ernest	61
23	2011	Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !	Him Self	0
24	2011	A Child's Battle	Toussaint	70
25	2015	Ruben fête ses 25 ans	Self	80
26	2016	The Jews	Lucien	43
27	2017	Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017	Self	60
28	2018	Scènes de ménages - Ça s'enguirlande pour Noël	Marcel Perrault	0
29	2019	Sixty	Self - Comedian	60
30	2022	L'humour c'est mieux à deux	Self	0
31	2024	Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Le Grand Échiquier	Self	80
2	1975	Les Rendez-vous du dimanche	Self	60
3	1975	Numéro un	Self	60
4	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
5	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
6	2022	Il était une fois Champs-Élysées	Self (archive footage)	66

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