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.
Fotos
Películas (29)
Time of Death
2026 · Meeks
Violent Ends
2025 · Lou Byers
A Blind Bargain
2025 · Reggie
Junk
2024 · Petey
Do Not Watch
2023
Babylon
2022 · Fan (Autograph)
1-800-Hot-Nite
2022 · Bill
Faith Based
2020 · Gerry
Kajillionaire
2020 · Minimart Cashier
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020 · Sleazy Breeder
3 from Hell
2019 · Travis O'Rourke
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019 · Self
Loners
2019 · Larry Bressert
31
2016 · Schizo-Head
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016 · Freddie Marks
Little Boy
2015 · Sir Pent
Lake Los Angeles
2014 · Dan Dan
Coffee Town
2013 · Homeless Guy
What Kind of Asian Are You?
2013 · Producer, Writers' Assistant
Pearblossom Hwy
2012 · Garr Booth
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
2010 · Yes Man
The Revenant
2009 · ATM Robber
Black Widow
2008 · Bixler
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 · Barkeeper
Shoot 'Em Up
2007 · Diner Holdup Leader
Dark Ride
2006 · Attendant #1
Dark Mind
2006 · Pony Tail Man
Paparazzi
2004 · Fan
Able Edwards
2004 · Franklin Wallace
Series (37)
The Hawk
2026 · Drifter
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024 · Barry
The Rookie: Feds
2022 · Frank Patterson
Woke
2020 · Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)
Outer Banks
2020 · Scooter Grubbs
Tacoma FD
2019 · Buffalo Phil
Magnum P.I.
2018 · Sam
Lodge 49
2018 · Champ
Rush Hour
2016 · Trucker
Powers
2015 · Dr. Death
Better Call Saul
2015 · Spooge
Fresh Off the Boat
2015 · Homeless Man
The Librarians
2014 · William Shakespeare
Masters of Sex
2013
Mom
2013 · Randy
The Haunted Hathaways
2013 · The Green Ghoul
Hollywood Heights
2012 · Gas Station Attendant
Touch
2012 · Rizzi
Grimm
2011 · Hofmann
Raising Hope
2010 · Easter Joe
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Sandy Grotty
Justified
2010 · Hiram
Community
2009 · Rick
Lie to Me
2009 · Witness
El mentalista
2008 · Col. James Harris
Breaking Bad
2008 · Spooge
Life
2007 · Hard Case #1
Private Practice
2007 · Hank
Heroes
2006 · Super, Landlord
Close to Home
2005 · Rooster
Bones
2005 · Larry Wolfram
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · Spa Worker
Without a Trace
2002 · Gil
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Arthur Hay
CSI: Las Vegas
2000 · Jayson Walt
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · Mechanic
Charmed
1998 · Shapeshifter