David Ury

David Ury

51 · Born: Jan 1, 1973

Personal Details

Born Jan 1, 1973

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.

Career

2023
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2022
Better Call Saul
Better Call Saul as Spooge
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2020
Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey as Sleazy Breeder
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2019
Lodge 49
Lodge 49
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2016
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits as Freddie Marks
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2015
The Librarians
The Librarians as William Shakespeare
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2014
Lake Los Angeles
Lake Los Angeles as Dan Dan
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2013
Coffee Town
Coffee Town as Homeless Guy
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2011
Dragon Age: Redemption
Dragon Age: Redemption as Tinker
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2010
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Spa Worker
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2009
Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad as Spooge
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2008
Parasomnia
Parasomnia as Record Store Owner
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Black Widow
Black Widow as Bixler
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2004
Able Edwards
Able Edwards as Franklin Wallace
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