David Ury

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.

Known For

Bixler

Black Widow

Petey

Little Death

Bill

1-800夜间热线

Fan (Autograph)

Babylon

Do Not Watch

Sir Pent

Little Boy

Schizo-Head

31

Reggie

A Blind Bargain

ATM Robber

The Revenant

Barkeeper

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Garr Booth

Pearblossom Hwy

Dan Dan

Lake Los Angeles

Travis O'Rourke

3 from Hell

Franklin Wallace

Able Edwards

Freddie Marks

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

Diner Holdup Leader

Shoot 'Em Up

Larry Bressert

Loners

Self

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

Sleazy Breeder

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

Minimart Cashier

Kajillionaire

Homeless Guy

Coffee Town

Fan

Paparazzi

Attendant #1

Dark Ride

Gerry

Faith Based

Lou Byers

Violent Ends