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Popeck

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew 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

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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.

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