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  • BIRTH 01/01/1973
  • SHOWS 27
  • MOVIES 14

David Ury

David Brian Ury (born September 30, 1973) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and Japanese translation specialist.

Ury was born and raised in Sonoma, California. He graduated from Sonoma Valley High School, where he acted in theatre productions. He earned a bachelor's degree in linguistics at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and studied abroad in Japan, where he became fluent in Japanese. Ury is a descendant of German Jewish impressionist painter Lesser Ury.

Since studying abroad in Tokyo, Ury and has worked as a translator in film, television, and manga and currently (As of May 2011) translates and writes English adaptations for manga. Ury moved to Los Angeles in August 2001 where he began performing stand-up comedy. Cartoonist Keith Knight, a neighbor of his, described Ury's acting career as "Spooge man" and "a cavalcade of reprobates, sleazeballs, derelicts, & weirdos."

Ury has made several film and television appearances, including an episode of Tim Kring's Crossing Jordan and in Shoot 'Em Up. He also appeared in Heroes, Malcolm in the Middle, Life, Without a Trace, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Zeke and Luther, and The Librarians. In March 2015, Ury was cast for Rob Zombie's slasher film 31 as Schizo-Head. A character actor, Ury has died on screen in almost every role he has portrayed.

Ury also has several YouTube channels/accounts/personalities and alter-egos, which include Karaoke Steve and Ken Tanaka, the fictional adopted twin brother of David Ury. Tanaka is described as an Ashkenazi Jewish man adopted as an infant by Japanese parents Hideo and Mari Tanaka, and raised in Shimane Prefecture of Japan; he returns to Los Angeles to find his birth parents Jonathan and Linda Smith.

David Ury

Shows (27)

Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad
Spooge
Outer Banks
Outer Banks
Scooter Grubbs
Malcolm in the Middle
Malcolm in the Middle
Mechanic
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul
Spooge
The Mentalist
The Mentalist
Col. James Harris
Charmed
Charmed
Shapeshifter
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Spa Worker
Heroes
Heroes
Landlord / Super
Bones
Bones
Larry Wolfram
Grimm
Grimm
Hofmann
Private Practice
Private Practice
Hank
Community
Community
Rick
The Rookie: Feds
The Rookie: Feds
Frank Patterson
The Librarians (2014)
The Librarians (2014)
William Shakespeare
Justified
Justified
Hiram
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Jayson Walt
Mom
Mom
Randy
Without a Trace
Without a Trace
Gil
Touch (2012)
Touch (2012)
Rizzi
Rizzoli & Isles
Rizzoli & Isles
Sandy Grotty
Life (2007)
Life (2007)
Hard Case #1
Rush Hour (2016)
Rush Hour (2016)
Trucker
Powers (2015)
Powers (2015)
Dr. Death
Tacoma FD
Tacoma FD
Buffalo Phil
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
Arthur Hay
The Haunted Hathaways
The Haunted Hathaways
The Green Ghoul
Woke
Woke
Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)

Movies (14)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous…
Sleazy Breeder
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
Freddie Marks
Shoot 'Em Up
Shoot 'Em Up
Diner Holdup Leader
31
31
Schizo-Head
3 from Hell
3 from Hell
Travis O'Rourke
The Revenant
The Revenant
ATM Robber
Kajillionaire
Kajillionaire
Minimart Cashier
Little Boy
Little Boy
Sir Pent
1-800夜间热线
1-800夜间热线
Bill
Faith Based
Faith Based
Gerry
Coffee Town
Coffee Town
Homeless Guy
Pearblossom Hwy
Pearblossom Hwy
Garr Booth
Dark Ride
Dark Ride
Attendant #1
Black Widow
Black Widow
Bixler