Popeck
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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.
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As Actor/Actress
Champs-Elysées
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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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Le monde est à vous
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Numéro un
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Le Grand Échiquier
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El Pianista
Rubenstein
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
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Les Aventures de Rabbi Jacob
Moishe Schmoll
Les Compagnons de Baal
Joseph Durban/Frère Cheval
Una vita scellerata
Gattinara
Están por todas partes
Lucien
Cousin, Cousine
Sacy
Themroc
Le tailleur de crayons
La stazione
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Ruben fête ses 25 ans
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C'est pas parce qu'on a rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule...
Un policier à la gare
Shabbot Shalom!
Grand-père Rabbin
Popeck à l'Olympia
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Soixante
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Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
Paul le pirate
Bas les cœurs
Toussaint
La Rêverie ou Le Mariage de Sylvia
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Le Guêpier
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Banana's Boulevard
Le père Goldenberg
L'humour c'est mieux à deux
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T'es folle ou quoi ?
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Il était une fois... « Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob »
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Adam et Ève
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Père Noël et fils