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Popeck
Paris, France
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 am…
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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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- 2024
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2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV show Self (archive footage)
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2022
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
Movie Self
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2019
Sixty
Movie Self - Comedian
- 2017
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2016
The Jews
Movie Lucien
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2015
Ruben fête ses 25 ans
Movie Self
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2011
A Child's Battle
Movie Toussaint
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2011
Popeck - C'est la dernière fois... !
Movie Him Self
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2009
Simon Konianski
Movie Ernest
- 2009
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2009
L'Amour foot
Movie
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2002
The Pianist
Movie Rubenstein
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2001
Face à face
Movie Paul Laffargue
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1994
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
Movie Léonide
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1992
Shabbot Shalom!
Movie Grand-père Rabbin
More credits
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1990
The Station
Movie (as Jean Hebert)
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1990
Cellini: A Violent Life
Movie Gattinara
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1990
Popeck à l'Olympia
Movie him self
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1987
Le monde est à vous
TV show Self
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1986
Banana's Boulevard
Movie Le père Goldenberg
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1985
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Movie Paul le pirate
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1984
Adam et Ève
Movie monsieur Ben-Hoït.
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1983
Père Noël et fils
Movie
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1982
Champs-Elysées
TV show Self
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1982
T'es folle ou quoi ?
Movie Le plombier
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1976
The Hornet's Nest
Movie Hans
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1975
Cousin, Cousine
Movie Sacy
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1975
Numéro un
TV show Self
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1975
The Restroom Robbery
Movie Un policier à la gare
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1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV show Self
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1973
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie Moishe Schmoll
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1973
Themroc
Movie Le tailleur de crayons
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1972
Le Grand Échiquier
TV show Self
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1968
Baal's Companions
TV show Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
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1966
The Mad Dog
Movie
