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David Ury
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-09-30,
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

4.7

Black Widow
2008-12-08

10

Little Death
2024-01-19

4.9

1-800-Hot-Nite
2022-11-04

7.3

Babylon
2022-12-22

4

Do Not Watch
2023-10-16

7.242

Little Boy
2015-04-23

5.434

31
2016-09-15

A Blind Bargain

0

A Blind Bargain
2025-09-21

6.178

The Revenant
2009-08-16

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

6.38

National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007-12-19

Pearblossom Hwy

4.667

Pearblossom Hwy
2012-12-24

Lake Los Angeles

6.7

Lake Los Angeles
2014-06-14

5.754

3 from Hell
2019-09-16

7.375

Able Edwards
2004-03-15

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

7.182

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016-08-02

6.508

Shoot 'Em Up
2007-07-26

3.8

Loners
2019-05-30

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

6

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019-09-16

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

6.868

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020-02-05

6.273

Kajillionaire
2020-09-25

6.4

Coffee Town
2013-07-09

5.319

Paparazzi
2004-09-03

4.757

Dark Ride
2006-10-20

4.367

Faith Based
2020-10-09

6.181

Violent Ends
2025-10-31

The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It

3.929

The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
2010-06-08

5.6

Time of Death
2025-08-08

5.886

Close to Home
2005-09-20

7.644

Life
2007-09-26

8.9

Breaking Bad
2008-01-20

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

8.3

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005-08-04

7.997

Community
2009-09-17

8.388

The Mentalist
2008-09-23

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.623

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06

7.5

Heroes
2006-09-25

7.5

Heroes
2006-09-25

The Rookie: Feds

6.929

The Rookie: Feds
2022-09-27

7.311

Mom
2013-09-23

Rizzoli & Isles

7.89

Rizzoli & Isles
2010-07-12

5.284

Rush Hour
2016-03-31

8.2

Outer Banks
2020-04-15

The Haunted Hathaways

7.2

The Haunted Hathaways
2013-07-13

Better Call Saul

8.7

Better Call Saul
2015-02-08

8

Justified
2010-03-16

6.661

Powers
2015-03-10

8.266

Grimm
2011-10-28

7.687

Tacoma FD
2019-03-25

7.094

Masters of Sex
2013-09-29

8.182

Bones
2005-09-13

5.175

Woke
2020-09-09

6.579

Touch
2012-01-25

Fresh Off the Boat

7.211

Fresh Off the Boat
2015-02-04

Without a Trace

7.225

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

6.703

Lodge 49
2018-08-06

Malcolm in the Middle

8.466

Malcolm in the Middle
2000-01-09

7.171

The Librarians
2014-12-07

8.166

Charmed
1998-10-07

Crossing Jordan

7.171

Crossing Jordan
2001-09-24

Private Practice

7.521

Private Practice
2007-09-26

7.453

Raising Hope
2010-09-21

7.554

Magnum P.I.
2018-09-24

7.879

Lie to Me
2009-01-21

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

8

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024-10-17

5.293

The Hawk
2026-07-16