David Ury

David Ury

1973-01-01

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.

Also appears in

Babylon

Babylon

7.4

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

6.9

Shoot ’Em Up

Shoot ’Em Up

6.5

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

6.4

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

7.2

31

31

5.4

Little Boy

Little Boy

7.2

3 from Hell

3 from Hell

5.8

Dark Ride

Dark Ride

4.6

Paparazzi

Paparazzi

5.3

The Revenant

The Revenant

6.2

Kajillionaire

Kajillionaire

6.3

Black Widow

Black Widow

5.2

Coffee Town

Coffee Town

6.5

1-800-Hot-Nite

1-800-Hot-Nite

4.6

Faith Based

Faith Based

4.8

Little Death

Little Death

10.0

Loners

Loners

3.7

Pearblossom Hwy

Pearblossom Hwy

5.4

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

7.3