Popeck
Acting
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.
Born: May 18, 1935
Place of Birth: Paris, France
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self - Comedian
as Marcel Perrault
as Lucien
as Self
as Toussaint
as Him Self
as Ernest
as Rubenstein
as Paul Laffargue
as Léonide
as Grand-père Rabbin
as Gattinara
as him self
as Self
as Le père Goldenberg
as Paul le pirate
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
as Self
as Le plombier
as Hans
as Sacy
as Self
as Un policier à la gare
as Self
as Moishe Schmoll
as Le tailleur de crayons
as Self
as Joseph