David Ury
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Gender: Male
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Movie Involvements: 9
TV Involvements: 17
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Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
Better Call Saul
(2015) Spooge
The Mentalist
(2008) Col. James Harris
Breaking Bad
(2008) Spooge
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
(2000) Jayson Walt
Bones
(2005) Larry Wolfram
Grimm
(2011) Hofmann
The Librarians
(2014) William Shakespeare
Without a Trace
(2002) GilActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Petey | |
| 2022 | Fan (Autograph) | |
| Bill | ||
| Frank Patterson | ||
| 2020 | Gerry | |
| Minimart Cashier | ||
| Scooter Grubbs | ||
| Sleazy Breeder | ||
| 2019 | Himself | |
| Travis O'Rourke | ||
| Larry Bressert | ||
| Buffalo Phil | ||
| 2018 | N/A | |
| 2016 | Schizo-Head | |
| Freddie Marks | ||
| Trucker | ||
| 2015 | Sir Pent | |
| Dr. Death | ||
| Spooge | ||
| 2014 | William Shakespeare | |
| Dan Dan | ||
| 2013 | N/A | |
| Randy | ||
| The Green Ghoul | ||
| Homeless Guy | ||
| 2012 | Garr Booth | |
| 2011 | Hofmann | |
| 2010 | Sandy Grotty | |
| Hiram | ||
| 2009 | Rick | |
| ATM Robber | ||
| 2008 | Bixler | |
| Col. James Harris | ||
| Spooge | ||
| 2007 | Barkeeper | |
| Hard Case #1 | ||
| Diner Holdup Leader | ||
| 2006 | Attendant #1 | |
| Super | ||
| Landlord | ||
| 2005 | N/A | |
| Larry Wolfram | ||
| Spa Worker | ||
| 2004 | Fan | |
| Franklin Wallace | ||
| 2002 | Gil | |
| 2001 | Arthur Hay | |
| 2000 | Jayson Walt | |
| Mechanic | ||
| 1998 | Shapeshifter | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
