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David Ury
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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

4.667

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

7.2

Little Boy
2015-04-23

5.4

31
2016-09-15

A Blind Bargain

0

A Blind Bargain
2025-09-21

6.169

The Revenant
2009-08-16

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

6.381

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

5.8

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

6.5

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)

6.869

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

6.275

Kajillionaire
2020-09-25

6.431

Coffee Town
2013-07-09

5.308

Paparazzi
2004-09-03

4.757

Dark Ride
2006-10-20

4.367

Faith Based
2020-10-09

6.17

Violent Ends
2025-10-31

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

3.889

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

8.947

Breaking Bad
2008-01-20

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

8.257

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

8

Community
2009-09-17

8.374

The Mentalist
2008-09-23

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

7.62

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000-10-06

7.452

Heroes
2006-09-25

7.452

Heroes
2006-09-25

The Rookie: Feds

7

The Rookie: Feds
2022-09-27

7.31

Mom
2013-09-23

Rizzoli & Isles

7.89

Rizzoli & Isles
2010-07-12

5.2

Rush Hour
2016-03-31

8.26

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

7.982

Justified
2010-03-16

6.6

Powers
2015-03-10

7.687

Tacoma FD
2019-03-25

8.267

Grimm
2011-10-28

7.097

Masters of Sex
2013-09-29

8.185

Bones
2005-09-13

5.15

Woke
2020-09-09

6.568

Touch
2012-01-25

Fresh Off the Boat

7.2

Fresh Off the Boat
2015-02-04

Without a Trace

7.24

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

6.703

Lodge 49
2018-08-06

Malcolm in the Middle

8.469

Malcolm in the Middle
2000-01-09

7.173

The Librarians
2014-12-07

8.166

Charmed
1998-10-07

Crossing Jordan

7.19

Crossing Jordan
2001-09-24

Private Practice

7.523

Private Practice
2007-09-26

7.445

Raising Hope
2010-09-21

7.541

Magnum P.I.
2018-09-24

7.879

Lie to Me
2009-01-21

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

7.964

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

5.293

The Hawk
2026-07-16