David Ury

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

Birth Location
Born 1973-01-01

Movies

Little Death as Petey
2024
Babylon as Fan (Autograph)
2022
1-800-Hot-Nite as Bill
2022
Faith Based as Gerry
2020
Kajillionaire as Minimart Cashier
2020
3 from Hell as Travis O'Rourke
2019
Loners as Larry Bressert
2019
31 as Schizo-Head
2016
2016
Little Boy as Sir Pent
2015
Lake Los Angeles as Dan Dan
2014
Coffee Town as Homeless Guy
2013
Pearblossom Hwy as Garr Booth
2012
The Revenant as ATM Robber
2009
Black Widow as Bixler
2008
Shoot 'Em Up as Diner Holdup Leader
2007
Dark Ride as Attendant #1
2006
Paparazzi as Fan
2004
Able Edwards as Franklin Wallace
2004
David Ury hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows