Popeck
Acting
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Acting Credits
1
Directed
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 bow...
Known For
Filmography
Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
2024
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
2022
as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Sixty
2019
as Self - Comedian
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
2017
as Self
The Jews
2016
as Lucien
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
2015
as Self
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
2011
as Him Self
A Child's Battle
2011
as Toussaint
Simon Konianski
2009
as Ernest
L'Amour foot
2009
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
2009
as Self
The Pianist
2002
as Rubenstein
Face à face
2001
as Paul Laffargue
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
1994
as Léonide
Shabbot Shalom!
1992
as Grand-père Rabbin
The Station
1990
as (as Jean Hebert)
Popeck à l'Olympia
1990
as him self
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990
as Gattinara
Le monde est à vous
1987
as Self
Banana's Boulevard
1986
as Le père Goldenberg
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
1985
as Paul le pirate
Adam et Ève
1984
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
Père Noël et fils
1983
T'es folle ou quoi ?
1982
as Le plombier
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
The Hornet's Nest
1976
as Hans
Cousin, Cousine
1975
as Sacy
The Restroom Robbery
1975
as Un policier à la gare
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as Moishe Schmoll
Themroc
1973
as Le tailleur de crayons
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Baal's Companions
1968
as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
The Mad Dog
1966