Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1935-05-18 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also known As
Jean Herbert
Jean Hébert
Popek
Judka Herpstu
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 ...
1973
as Moishe Schmoll
1975
as Sacy
1990
2022
as Self
2009
as Ernest
2018
as Marcel Perrault
1994
as Léonide
1990
as him self
2019
as Self - Comedian
2011
as Him Self
1975
as Un policier à la gare
1984
as monsieur Ben-Hoït.
1982
as Le plombier
1976
as Hans
1966
2009
1973
as Le tailleur de crayons
2002
as Rubenstein
2001
as Paul Laffargue
2015
as Self
1970
as Joseph
1985
as Paul le pirate
2016
as Lucien
1986
as Le père Goldenberg
2011
as Toussaint
1992
as Grand-père Rabbin
1990
as Director
1990
as Author
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