Acting credits
36
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Popeck
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 29Series: 7Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 11193
IMDb ID: nm0691201
Known for: Acting
Born: May 18, 1935
Age: 90
Place of birth: Paris, France
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1966 - 2024
Years active: 59
Average TMDB rating: 6.51
Wikidata: Q3397928
Also known as
Jean Herbert • Jean Hébert • Popek • Judka Herpstu
Other jobs
Author (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Popeck.
Popeck: fini de rire, on ferme!
2024 Movie
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
as Self
2022 Movie
6.0
Sixty
as Self - Comedian
2019 Movie
6.0
Les Chevaliers du fiel : Les fous rires de 2017
as Self
2017 Movie
4.3
The Jews
as Lucien
2016 Movie
8.0
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
as Self
2015 Movie
7.0
A Child's Battle
as Toussaint
2011 Movie
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
as Him Self
2011 Movie
5.4
Simon Konianski
as Ernest
2009 Movie
Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
as Self
2009 Movie
L'Amour foot
2009 Movie
8.4
The Pianist
as Rubenstein
2002 Movie
5.5
Face à face
as Paul Laffargue
2001 Movie
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
as Léonide
1994 Movie
Shabbot Shalom!
as Grand-père Rabbin
1992 Movie
6.2
The Station
as (as Jean Hebert)
1990 Movie
4.0
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Gattinara
1990 Movie
7.0
Popeck à l'Olympia
as him self
1990 Movie
8.0
Banana's Boulevard
as Le père Goldenberg
1986 Movie
5.0
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
as Paul le pirate
1985 Movie
4.5
Adam et Ève
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
1984 Movie
Père Noël et fils
1983 Movie
3.5
T'es folle ou quoi ?
as Le plombier
1982 Movie
6.4
The Hornet's Nest
as Hans
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Popeck.
6.6
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage) • 1 eps
2022 Series
Le monde est à vous
as Self • 2 eps
1987 Series
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self • 7 eps
1982 Series
6.0
Numéro un
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 1 eps
1975 Series
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self • 2 eps
1972 Series
Baal's Companions
as Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval • 7 eps
1968 Series