David Ury
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
58
Gender
Male
Birthday
1973-01-01 (52 years old)
Place of Birth
Not available
Acting

2024

Little Death as Petey

2023

Do Not Watch as Not available

2022

The Rookie: Feds as Frank Patterson

2022

Babylon as Fan (Autograph)

2022

1-800-Hot-Nite as Bill

2020

Outer Banks as Scooter Grubbs

2020

Woke as Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)

2020

Kajillionaire as Minimart Cashier

2020

Faith Based as Gerry

2019

Tacoma FD as Buffalo Phil

2019

3 from Hell as Travis O'Rourke

2019

Loners as Larry Bressert

2018

Lodge 49 as Not available

2016

Rush Hour as Trucker

2016

31 as Schizo-Head

2015

Better Call Saul as Spooge

2015

Fresh Off the Boat as Homeless Man

2015

Powers as Dr. Death

2015

Little Boy as Sir Pent

2014

The Librarians as William Shakespeare

2014

Lake Los Angeles as Dan Dan

2013

Mom as Randy

2013

The Haunted Hathaways as The Green Ghoul

2013

Masters of Sex as Not available

2013

Coffee Town as Homeless Guy

2012

Touch as Rizzi

2012

Pearblossom Hwy as Garr Booth

2011

Grimm as Hofmann

2010

Rizzoli & Isles as Sandy Grotty

2010

Justified as Hiram

2010

Raising Hope as Easter Joe

2009

Community as Rick

2009

The Revenant as ATM Robber

2008

Breaking Bad as Spooge

2008

The Mentalist as Col. James Harris

2008

Black Widow as Bixler

2007

Life as Hard Case #1

2007

Private Practice as Hank

2007

Shoot 'Em Up as Diner Holdup Leader

2006

Heroes as Super

2006

Heroes as Landlord

2006

Dark Ride as Attendant #1

2005

Bones as Larry Wolfram

2005

Close to Home as Not available

2004

Paparazzi as Fan

2004

Able Edwards as Franklin Wallace

2002

Without a Trace as Gil

2001

Crossing Jordan as Arthur Hay

2000

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Jayson Walt

2000

Malcolm in the Middle as Mechanic

1998

Charmed as Shapeshifter

NaN

Violent Ends as Lou Byers

NaN

A Blind Bargain as Reggie