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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 …
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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.
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Popeck : fini de rire, on ferme !
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
as Self
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
as Self
The Jews
as Lucien
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
as Self
A Child's Battle
as Toussaint
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
as Him Self
Simon Konianski
as Ernest
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
as Self
L'Amour foot
The Pianist
as Rubenstein
Face à face
as Paul Laffargue
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
as Léonide
Shabbot Shalom!
as Grand-père Rabbin
The Station
as (as Jean Hebert)
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Gattinara
Popeck à l'Olympia
as him self
Banana's Boulevard
as Le père Goldenberg
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
as Paul le pirate
Adam et Ève
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
Père Noël et fils
T'es folle ou quoi ?
as Le plombier
The Hornet's Nest
as Hans
Cousin, Cousine
as Sacy
The Restroom Robbery
as Un policier à la gare
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Moishe Schmoll
Themroc
as Le tailleur de crayons
