Popeck
Acting
Born May 18, 1935 · Paris, France
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 kno…
Known For · 36 titles
Champs-Elysées
Le Grand Échiquier
Le monde est à vous
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Numéro un
The Pianist
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Simon Konianski
Baal's Companions
Themroc
Cellini: A Violent Life
The Restroom Robbery
The Jews
Adam et Ève
A Child's Battle
Cousin, Cousine
The Mad Dog
Banana's Boulevard
The Hornet's Nest
T'es folle ou quoi ?
Père Noël et fils
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Sixty
Popeck à l'Olympia
The Station
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
Face à face
Shabbot Shalom!
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
L'Amour foot