David Ury

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

David Ury
Born
David Brian Ury

(1973-09-30) September 30, 1973
Sonoma, California, U.S.
Alma materEvergreen State College
OccupationActor, stand-up comedian, Japanese translation specialist
RelativesLesser Ury

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 studied 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.

Career

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.[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, 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 had died on screen in almost every role he has portrayed.[7]

YouTube

Ury also has YouTube channels/accounts/personalities or 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
YearTitleRoleNotes
2002Malcolm in the MiddleMechanicEpisode: "Zoo"
2003Killing the DreamInterviewer / Agent / Ron
2004Witness 2 MurderRoger
Able EdwardsFranklin Wallace
BashingManager
PaparazziFan
CharmedShapeshifterEpisode: "Witchness Protection"
2005Blue Collar TVSketch performerEpisode: "Fashion"
The BasementThe cable guy
2006Crossing JordanArthur HayEpisode: "Blame Game"
Intellectual PropertyPony Tail Man
IdolJapanese Photographer
Dark RideAttendant #1
2007Close to HomeRoosterEpisode: "Internet Bride"
Shoot'Em UpDiner Holdup Leader
National Treasure: Book of SecretsBarkeep
2008ReversionStranger
Black WidowBixlerTV Movie
ParasomniaRecord Store Owner
Without a TraceGilEpisode: "Better Angels"
2008–2009LifeHard Case #12 episodes: "Re-Entry" / "Trapdoor"
2006–2009HeroesLandlord3 episodes: "Chapter Nine / Turn and Face the Strange" / "Chapter One 'Genesis'" / "Unaired Premiere Episode"
2009Breaking BadSpooge2 episodes: "Peekaboo" / "Breakage"
The RevenantATM robber
2010The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About ItYes Man
Rizzoli & IslesSandy GrottyEpisodes: "Boston Strangler Redux"
Lie to MeWitnessEpisode: "Headlock"
2011BonesLarry WolframEpisode: "The Feet on the Beach"
The Young and the RestlessBurtEpisode: "Daniel Finally Regains Consciousness"
2009–2011Zeke and LutherDonut "Don" DonaldsonRecurring Role
2012Pearblossom HwyGarr Booth
2013Coffee TownHomeless Guy
2014The Haunted HathawaysGreen GhoulCrossover episode: "The Haunted Thundermans"
The Thundermans
GrimmHofmann4 episodes
2015Little BoySir Pent
2015–2016PowersDr. Death8 episodes
201631Schizo-Head
Fear, Inc.Pete
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe FitsFreddie MarksDirect to video
2018–2019Lodge 49Champ17 episodes
20193 from HellTravis O'Rourke
2020Birds of PreySleazy Breeder
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References
  1. "david Ury * Japanese-English Translation * "Japanese Film, Anime and Manga Translation Specialist" * Translator Profile at TranslatorsCafe.com — Directory of Professional Translators, Interpreters and Translation Agencies". www.translatorscafe.com. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  2. David Ury Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at the ISBN Database
  3. http://www.worldcat.org/title/rave-master-volume-33-34-35/oclc/698332502&referer=brief_results ISBN 978-1-935429-73-9 , ISBN 1-935429-73-6
  4. Knight, Keith (October 1, 2013). "Spooge man". DailyKos. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
  5. Rob Zombie’s 31 Casts Villain Schizo-Head
  6. Rob Zombie Casts His Schizo-Head In His Halloween Horror ’31′
  7. "This actor has died on-screen in almost every role he's played". Salon. May 22, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  8. "Web star on an alter ego trip?". Los Angeles Times. April 10, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
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