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David Ury
ActorBorn January 1, 1973 (51 years)
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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2024 | Little Death · as Petey |
| 2022 | Babylon · as Fan (autograph) |
| 2022 | 1-800-Hot-Nite · as Bill |
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds (TV Series) · as Frank Patterson |
| 2021 | The Mysterious Benedict Society (TV Series) · as Mechanic |
| 2020 | Faith Based · as Gerry |
| 2020 | Woke (TV Series) · as Al Durian (aka Trench Coat) |
| 2020 | Kajillionaire · as Minimart Cashier |
| 2020 | Outer Banks (TV Series) · as Scooter Grubbs |
| 2020 | Paradise Lost (2020) (TV Series) · as Raynard Crenshaw |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey · as Sleazy Breeder |
| 2019 | 3 from Hell · as Travis O'rourke |
| 2019 | Loners · as Larry Bressert |
| 2019 | Tacoma FD (TV Series) · as Buffalo Phil |
| 2018 | Magnum P.I. (TV Series) · as Sam |
| 2018 | Lodge 49 (TV Series) |
| 2018 | The Outpost (TV Series) · as Gunter Donnelbrow |
| 2017 | Escaping Dad · as Trucker Pete |
| 2016 | Fear, Inc. · as Pete |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits · as Freddie Marks |
| 2016 | Rush Hour (2016) (TV Series) · as Trucker |
| 2016 | Those Who Can't (TV Series) · as Ron The Exterminator |
| 2015 | Little Boy · as Sir Pent |
| 2015 | Powers (2015) (TV Series) · as Dr. Death |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul (TV Series) · as Spooge |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat (TV Series) · as Homeless Man |
| 2014 | The Librarians (2014) (TV Series) · as William Shakespeare |
| 2014 | Lake Los Angeles · as Dan Dan |
| 2013 | The Thundermans (TV Series) · as The Green Ghoul |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Mom (TV Series) · as Randy |
| 2013 | The Haunted Hathaways (TV Series) · as The Green Ghoul |
| 2013 | Coffee Town · as Homeless Guy |
| 2013 | Chosen (TV Series) · as John Orlando |
| 2012 | Pearblossom Hwy · as Garr Booth |
| 2012 | Major Crimes (TV Series) · as Joe Epps |
| 2012 | Hollywood Heights (TV Series) · as Gas Station Attendant |
| 2012 | Touch (2012) (TV Series) · as Rizzi |
| 2011 | Grimm (TV Series) · as Hofmann |
| 2011 | Dragon Age: Redemption (TV Series) · as Tinker |
| 2011 | American Horror Story (TV Series) · as Robber |
| 2010 | The Walking Dead (TV Series) · as Zion |
| 2010 | Raising Hope (TV Series) · as Easter Joe |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) · as Sandy Grotty |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Justified (TV Series) · as Hiram |
| 2009 | Community (TV Series) · as Rick |
| 2009 | The Revenant · as Atm Robber |
| 2009 | Zeke & Luther (TV Series) · as Don |
| 2009 | Lie to Me (TV Series) · as Witness |
| 2008 | Parasomnia · as Record Store Owner |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Col. James Harris |
| 2008 | Black Widow · as Bixler |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad (TV Series) · as Spooge |
| 2008 | Reversion · as Stranger |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets · as Barkeeper |
| 2007 | Life (2007) (TV Series) · as Hard Case #1 |
| 2007 | Private Practice (TV Series) · as Hank |
| 2007 | Shoot 'Em Up · as Diner Holdup Leader |
| 2006 | Dark Ride · as Attendant #1 |
| 2006 | Heroes (TV Series) · as Super |
| 2006 | Idol · as Japanese Photographer |
| 2006 | Dark Mind · as Pony Tail Man |
| 2005 | Close to Home (TV Series) |
| 2005 | 2005 BET Comedy Awards · as Dean Of Chappology |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Larry Wolfram |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (TV Series) · as Spa Worker |
| 2004 | CSI: NY (TV Series) · as Tommy 'the Geek' Hurtz |
| 2004 | Paparazzi · as Fan |
| 2004 | Blue Collar TV (TV Series) · as Sketch Performer |
| 2004 | Able Edwards · as Franklin Wallace |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Sketch Performer |
| 2002 | Without a Trace (TV Series) · as Gil |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan (TV Series) · as Arthur Hay |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Jayson Walt |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) · as Mechanic |
| 1998 | Charmed (TV Series) · as Shapeshifter |
| 1973 | The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Burt |