Popeck

Personal Info

Birthday

May 18, 1935

(90 years old)

Place of Birth

Paris, France

Also Known As

Jean Herbert

Jean Hébert

Popek

Judka Herpstu

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.

Known For

The Pianist

The Restroom Robbery

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

Shabbot Shalom!

The Jews

Cousin, Cousine

Themroc

The Companions of Baal

Filmography

2022
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
as Self
2019
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
2018
Scènes de ménages - Ça s'enguirlande pour Noël
as Marcel Perrault
2017
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
as Self
2016
The Jews
as Lucien
2015
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
as Self
2011
A Child's Battle
as Toussaint
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
as Him Self
2009
Simon Konianski
as Ernest
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
as Self
2002
The Pianist
as Rubenstein
2001
Face à face
as Paul Laffargue
1994
La rêverie ou le mariage de Sylvia
as Léonide
1992
Shabbot Shalom!
as Grand-père Rabbin
1990
Popeck à l'Olympia
as him self
1986
Banana's Boulevard
as Le père Goldenberg
1985
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
as Paul le pirate
1984
Adam et Ève
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
1982
T'es folle ou quoi ?
as Le plombier
1976
The Hornet's Nest
as Hans
1975
Cousin, Cousine
as Sacy
The Restroom Robbery
as Un policier à la gare
1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Moishe Schmoll
Themroc
as Le tailleur de crayons
1970
The Companions of Baal
as Joseph