Acting
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Man
Jan 1, 1973 (51)
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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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | A Blind Bargain | Reggie |
| 2024 | Little Death | Petey |
| 2023 | Do Not Watch | |
| 2022 | Babylon | Fan (Autograph) |
| 2022 | The Rookie: Feds | Frank Patterson |
| 2022 | 1-800-Hot-Nite | Bill |
| 2020 | Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) | Sleazy Breeder |
| 2020 | Outer Banks | Scooter Grubbs |
| 2020 | Kajillionaire | Minimart Cashier |
| 2020 | Woke | Al Durian (aka Trench Coat) |
| 2020 | Faith Based | Gerry |
| 2019 | 3 from Hell | Travis O'Rourke |
| 2019 | Tacoma FD | Buffalo Phil |
| 2019 | Loners | Larry Bressert |
| 2019 | To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell | Himself |
| 2018 | Lodge 49 | |
| 2016 | A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits | Freddie Marks |
| 2016 | 31 | Schizo-Head |
| 2016 | Rush Hour | Trucker |
| 2015 | Better Call Saul | Spooge |
| 2015 | Little Boy | Sir Pent |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat | Homeless Man |
| 2015 | Powers | Dr. Death |
| 2014 | The Librarians | William Shakespeare |
| 2014 | Lake Los Angeles | Dan Dan |
| 2013 | Mom | Randy |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | |
| 2013 | Coffee Town | Homeless Guy |
| 2013 | The Haunted Hathaways | The Green Ghoul |
| 2012 | Touch | Rizzi |
| 2012 | Pearblossom Hwy | Garr Booth |
| 2011 | Grimm | Hofmann |
| 2010 | Justified | Hiram |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Sandy Grotty |
| 2009 | Community | Rick |
| 2009 | The Revenant | ATM Robber |
| 2008 | Breaking Bad | Spooge |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Col. James Harris |
| 2008 | Black Widow | Bixler |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Barkeeper |
| 2007 | Shoot 'Em Up | Diner Holdup Leader |
| 2007 | Life | Hard Case #1 |
| 2006 | Heroes | Super |
| 2006 | Heroes | Landlord |
| 2006 | Dark Ride | Attendant #1 |
| 2005 | Bones | Larry Wolfram |
| 2005 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Spa Worker |
| 2005 | Close to Home | |
| 2004 | Paparazzi | Fan |
| 2004 | Able Edwards | Franklin Wallace |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Gil |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Arthur Hay |
| 2000 | Malcolm in the Middle | Mechanic |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jayson Walt |
| 1998 | Charmed | Shapeshifter |