Popeck
Birthday
1935/05/18 (90 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also know as
Jean Herbert, Jean Hébert, Popek, Judka Herpstu
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...Read more
Acting
(1973) The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Moishe Schmoll
(1975) Cousin, Cousine
as Sacy
(1990) The Station
as (as Jean Hebert)
(2022) L'humour c'est mieux à deux
as Self
(2009) Simon Konianski
as Ernest
(2018) Scènes de ménages - Ça s'enguirlande pour Noël
as Marcel Perrault
(1994) La rêverie ou le mariage de Sylvia
as Léonide
(1990) Popeck à l'Olympia
as him self
(2019) Sixty
as Self - Comedian
(2011) Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
as Him Self
(1975) The Restroom Robbery
as Un policier à la gare
(1984) Adam et Ève
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
(1982) T'es folle ou quoi ?
as Le plombier
(1976) The Hornet's Nest
as Hans
(1966) The Mad Dog
as ---
(2009) L'Amour foot
as ---
(1973) Themroc
as Le tailleur de crayons
(2002) The Pianist
as Rubenstein
(2009) Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
as Self
(2017) Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
as Self
(2001) Face à face
as Paul Laffargue
(2015) Ruben fête ses 25 ans
as Self
(1985) Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
as Paul le pirate
(1983) Père Noël et fils
as ---
(2016) The Jews
as Lucien
(1986) Banana's Boulevard
as Le père Goldenberg
(2011) A Child's Battle
as Toussaint
(1992) Shabbot Shalom!
as Grand-père Rabbin
(2024) Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!
as ---
(1990) Cellini: A Violent Life
as Gattinara
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(2022) Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self
(1968) Baal's Companions
as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval