Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1935-05-18 (Age: 91)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Popeck
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.
Filmography (29)
Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!
2024
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
2022
Sixty
2019
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
2017
The Jews
2016
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
2015
A Child's Battle
2011
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
2011
Simon Konianski
2009
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
2009
L'Amour foot
2009
The Pianist
2002
Face à face
2001
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
1994
