Popeck
Age: 88 | From: Paris, France
Person Details
Birthday: 1936-05-18 06:08:03
Aliases: Jean Herbert , Jean Hébert , Popek , Judka Herpstu
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paris, France
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 5
TV Involvements: 3
Most Famous Work
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 died 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.
Most Famous Work
Le Grand Échiquier
(1972) Self
Numéro un
(1975) Self
The Pianist
(2002) Rubenstein
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
(2022) Self (archive footage)
The Companions of Baal
(1970) Joseph
Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self | ||
| 2019 | Self - Comedian | |
| 2018 | Marcel Perrault | |
| 2017 | Self | |
| 2016 | Lucien | |
| 2015 | Self | |
| 2011 | Him Self | |
| 2009 | Ernest | |
| N/A | ||
| 2002 | Rubenstein | |
| 2001 | Paul Laffargue | |
| 1994 | Léonide | |
| 1990 | N/A | |
| him self | ||
| 1986 | Le père Goldenberg | |
| 1985 | Paul le pirate | |
| 1984 | monsieur Ben-Hoït. | |
| 1983 | N/A | |
| 1982 | Self | |
| Le plombier | ||
| 1976 | Hans | |
| 1975 | Sacy | |
| Self | ||
| Le policier | ||
| Self | ||
| 1973 | Moishe Schmoll | |
| Le tailleur de crayons | ||
| 1972 | Self | |
| 1970 | Joseph | |
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Author | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |