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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 18, 1935
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
- Jean Herbert
- Jean Hébert
- Popek
- Judka Herpstu
Popeck
0.2 Popularity
Biography
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
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Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!
2024
6.6
Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
0.0
Self
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
2022
6.0
Self - Comedian
Sixty
2019
6.0
Self
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
2017
4.3
Lucien
The Jews
2016
8.0
Self
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
2015
7.0
Toussaint
A Child's Battle
2011
0.0
Him Self
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
2011
5.5
Ernest
Simon Konianski
2009
Credits
Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!
2024
0.0
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.6
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
as Self
2022
0.0
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
2019
6.0
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
as Self
2017
6.0
The Jews
as Lucien
2016
4.3
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
as Self
2015
8.0
A Child's Battle
as Toussaint
2011
7.0
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
as Him Self
2011
0.0
Simon Konianski
as Ernest
2009
5.5
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
as Self
2009
0.0
L'Amour foot
2009
0.0
The Pianist
as Rubenstein
2002
8.4
Face à face
as Paul Laffargue
2001
5.5
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
as Léonide
1994
0.0
Shabbot Shalom!
as Grand-père Rabbin
1992
0.0
The Station
as (as Jean Hebert)
1990
6.2
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Gattinara
1990
4.0
Popeck à l'Olympia
as him self
1990
7.0
Le monde est à vous
as Self
1987
0.0
Banana's Boulevard
as Le père Goldenberg
1986
8.0
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
as Paul le pirate
1985
5.0
Adam et Ève
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
1984
4.5
Père Noël et fils
1983
0.0
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
T'es folle ou quoi ?
as Le plombier
1982
3.5
The Hornet's Nest
as Hans
1976
6.4
Cousin, Cousine
as Sacy
1975
6.0
Numéro un
as Self
1975
6.0
The Restroom Robbery
as Un policier à la gare
1975
6.4
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
6.0
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Moishe Schmoll
1973
7.4
Themroc
as Le tailleur de crayons
1973
6.5
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
8.0
Baal's Companions
as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
1968
0.0
The Mad Dog
1966
2.5