# David Ury

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

## 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.
Ury is a descendant of German Jewish impressionist painter Lesser Ury.

## 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. 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."

## 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. 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.

### 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.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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 | |
| 2006 | Dark Mind | Pony Tail Man | |
| 2006 | Idol | Japanese Photographer | |
| 2006 | Dark Ride | Attendant #1 | |
| 2007 | Shoot 'Em Up | Diner Holdup Leader | |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Barkeep | |
| 2008 | Reversion | Stranger | |
| 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 | |
| 2012 | Pearblossom Hwy | Garr Booth | |
| 2013 | Coffee Town | Homeless Guy | |
| 2014 | Lake Los Angeles | Dan 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 | |
| 2021 | Cockroaches | Edward | Post-production |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Malcolm in the Middle | Mechanic | Episode: "Zoo" |
| 2004 | Charmed | Shapeshifter | Episode: "Witchness Protection" |
| 2005 | Blue Collar TV | Sketch performer | Episode: "Fashion" |
| 2006 | Crossing Jordan | Arthur Hay | Episode: "Blame Game" |
| 2006–2009 | Heroes | Super / Landlord | 3 episodes |
| 2007 | Close to Home | Rooster | Episode: "Internet Bride" |
| 2007 | Dash 4 Cash | Moses | Television film |
| 2008 | Black Widow | Bixler | Television film |
| 2008 | Without a Trace | Gil | Episode: "Better Angels" |
| 2008–2009 | Life | Hard Case #1 | 2 episodes |
| 2009 | Breaking Bad | Spooge | Episodes: "Breakage" and "Peekaboo" |
| 2009 | Lost and Found | Hotel Clerk | Television film |
| 2009–2011 | Zeke and Luther | Don / Ron | 11 episodes |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Sandy Grotty | Episode: "Boston Strangler Redux" |
| 2010 | Lie to Me | Witness | Episode: "Headlock" |
| 2010 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Spa Worker | Episode: "Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats" |
| 2011 | The Young and the Restless | Burt | Episode: "Daniel Finally Regains Consciousness" |
| 2011 | Bones | Larry Wolfram | Episode: "The Feet on the Beach" |
| 2011 | CSI: NY | Tommy 'The Geek' Hurtz | Episode: "Officer Involved" |
| 2011 | Dragon Age: Redemption | Tinker | 2 episodes |
| 2011 | American Horror Story | Robber | Episode: "Piggy Piggy" |
| 2011 | Community | Rick | Episode: "Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism" |
| 2012 | Private Practice | Hank | Episode: "The Standing Eight Count" |
| 2012 | Hollywood Heights | Gas Station Attendant | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | Raising Hope | Easter Joe | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | MotherLover | Homeless Man | Episode: "Welcome to BroYo" |
| 2013 | Justified | Hiram | Episode: "Hole in the Wall" |
| 2013 | Touch | Rizzi | Episode: "Two of a Kind" |
| 2013 | Maggie | Dennis | 2 episodes |
| 2013 | The Mentalist | Col. James Harris | Episode: "Wedding in Red" |
| 2013 | Masters of Sex | | Episode: "Standard Deviation" |
| 2013 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Jayson Walt | Episode: "The Lost Reindeer" |
| 2013 | Chosen | John Orlando | Episode: "Heroes and Villians" |
| 2014 | Mom | Randy | Episode: "Fireballs and Bullet Holes" |
| 2014 | The Other Hef | Kenny | Episode: "Welcome to Muirfield" |
| 2014 | The Haunted Hathaways | The Green Ghoul | Episode: "Haunted Thundermans: Part 2 " |
| 2014 | Grimm | Hofmann | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | Major Crimes | Joe Epps | Episode: "Down the Drain" |
| 2015 | The Librarians | William Shakespeare | Episode: "And the Final Curtain" |
| 2015–2016 | Powers | Dr. Death | 8 episodes |
| 2016 | Those Who Can't | Ron the Exterminator | Episode: "Of Lice and Men" |
| 2016 | Rush Hour | Trucker | Episode: "Assault on Precinct 7" |
| 2016 | A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits | Freddie Marks | Television film |
| 2017 | Escaping Dad | Trucker Pete | Television film |
| 2017 | Fresh Off the Boat | Homeless Man | Episode: "A League of Her Own" |
| 2017, 2020 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Sketch performer | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | The Outpost | Gunter Donnelbrow | Episode: "One Is the Loneliest Number" |
| 2018–2019 | Lodge 49 | Champ | Recurring role; 19 episodes |
| 2019 | The Walking Dead | Zion | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Paradise Lost | Raynard Crenshaw | Episode: "Mississippi Ophelia" |
| 2020 | Outer Banks | Scooter Grubbs | 2 episodes |
| 2020 | Tacoma FD | Buffalo Phil | Episodes: "Nightmare Manor" |
| 2020 | Woke | Al Durian (aka Trench Coat) | Episode: "Prayers for Kubby" |
| 2022 | Better Call Saul | Spooge | Episode: "Hit and Run" |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2011 | L.A. Noire | Male Pedestrian 17 | Voice role |