David Ury

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David Ury
Born
David Brian Ury

(1973-09-30) September 30, 1973 (age 51)
Alma mater Evergreen State College
Occupation(s)Actor, stand-up comedian, Japanese translation specialist
Relatives Lesser Ury (ancestor)

David Brian Ury (born September 30, 1973) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and Japanese translation specialist.

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Early life and education

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. [1]

Ury is a descendant of German Jewish impressionist painter Lesser Ury.[ citation needed ]

Career

Since studying abroad in Tokyo, Ury has worked as a translator in film, television, and manga and currently (As of May 2011) translates and writes English adaptations for manga. [2] [3] 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." [4]

Appearances

TV Series and Movies

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 . [5] In March 2015, Ury was cast for Rob Zombie's slasher film 31 as Schizo-Head. [6]

A character actor, Ury has died on screen in almost every role he has portrayed. [7]

YouTube

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. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2003 Killing the Dream Interviewer / Agent / Ron
2004 Witness to Murder Roger
2004 Able Edwards Franklin Wallace
2004 Bashing Manager
2004 Paparazzi Fan
2005 The Basement The cable guy
2006Dark MindPony Tail Man
2006IdolJapanese Photographer
2006 Dark Ride Attendant #1
2007 Shoot 'Em Up Diner Holdup Leader
2007 National Treasure: Book of Secrets Barkeep
2008ReversionStranger
2008 Parasomnia Record Store Owner
2009 The Revenant ATM Robber
2010 The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up
  Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
Yes Man
2012Pearblossom HwyGarr Booth
2013 Coffee Town Homeless Guy
2014Lake Los AngelesDan Dan
2014 Little Boy Sir Pent
2016 31 Schizo-Head
2016 Fear, Inc. Pete
2019 Loners Larry Bressert
2019 3 from Hell Travis O'Rourke
2020 Faith Based Gerry
2020 Kajillionaire Minimart Cashier
2020 Birds of Prey Sleazy Breeder
2021CockroachesEdwardPost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2002 Malcolm in the Middle MechanicEpisode: "Zoo"
2004 Charmed ShapeshifterEpisode: "Witchness Protection"
2005 Blue Collar TV Sketch performerEpisode: "Fashion"
2006 Crossing Jordan Arthur HayEpisode: "Blame Game"
2006–2009 Heroes Super / Landlord3 episodes
2007 Close to Home RoosterEpisode: "Internet Bride"
2007Dash 4 CashMosesTelevision film
2008 Black Widow BixlerTelevision film
2008 Without a Trace GilEpisode: "Better Angels"
2008–2009 Life Hard Case #12 episodes
2009 Breaking Bad Spooge Episodes: "Breakage" and "Peekaboo"
2009 Lost and Found Hotel ClerkTelevision film
2009–2011 Zeke and Luther Don / Ron11 episodes
2010 Rizzoli & Isles Sandy GrottyEpisode: "Boston Strangler Redux"
2010 Lie to Me WitnessEpisode: "Headlock"
2010 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Spa WorkerEpisode: "Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats"
2011 The Young and the Restless BurtEpisode: "Daniel Finally Regains Consciousness"
2011 Bones Larry WolframEpisode: "The Feet on the Beach"
2011 CSI: NY Tommy 'The Geek' HurtzEpisode: "Officer Involved"
2011 Dragon Age: Redemption Tinker2 episodes
2011 American Horror Story RobberEpisode: "Piggy Piggy"
2011 Community RickEpisode: "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism"
2012 Private Practice HankEpisode: "The Standing Eight Count"
2012 Hollywood Heights Gas Station Attendant2 episodes
2012 Raising Hope Easter Joe2 episodes
2012MotherLoverHomeless ManEpisode: "Welcome to BroYo"
2013 Justified HiramEpisode: "Hole in the Wall"
2013 Touch RizziEpisode: "Two of a Kind"
2013MaggieDennis2 episodes
2013 The Mentalist Col. James HarrisEpisode: "Wedding in Red"
2013 Masters of Sex Episode: "Standard Deviation"
2013 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Jayson WaltEpisode: "The Lost Reindeer"
2013 Chosen John OrlandoEpisode: "Heroes and Villians"
2014 Mom RandyEpisode: "Fireballs and Bullet Holes"
2014The Other HefKennyEpisode: "Welcome to Muirfield"
2014 The Haunted Hathaways The Green GhoulEpisode: "Haunted Thundermans: Part 2 "
2014 Grimm Hofmann4 episodes
2014 Major Crimes Joe EppsEpisode: "Down the Drain"
2015 The Librarians William Shakespeare Episode: "And the Final Curtain"
2015–2016 Powers Dr. Death8 episodes
2016 Those Who Can't Ron the ExterminatorEpisode: "Of Lice and Men"
2016 Rush Hour TruckerEpisode: "Assault on Precinct 7"
2016 A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits Freddie MarksTelevision film
2017Escaping DadTrucker PeteTelevision film
2017 Fresh Off the Boat Homeless ManEpisode: "A League of Her Own"
2017, 2020 Jimmy Kimmel Live! Sketch performer2 episodes
2018 The Outpost Gunter DonnelbrowEpisode: "One Is the Loneliest Number"
2018–2019 Lodge 49 ChampRecurring role; 19 episodes
2019 The Walking Dead Zion2 episodes
2020 Paradise Lost Raynard CrenshawEpisode: "Mississippi Ophelia"
2020 Outer Banks Scooter Grubbs2 episodes
2020 Tacoma FD Buffalo PhilEpisodes: "Nightmare Manor"
2020 Woke Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)Episode: "Prayers for Kubby"
2022 Better Call Saul SpoogeEpisode: "Hit and Run"

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 L.A. Noire Male Pedestrian 17Voice role

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