David Ury
David Brian Ury (born September 30, 1973) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and Japanese translation specialist.
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Born | David Brian Ury September 30, 1973 Sonoma, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Evergreen State College |
Occupation | Actor, stand-up comedian, Japanese translation specialist |
Relatives | Lesser 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
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Malcolm in the Middle | Mechanic | Episode: "Zoo" |
2003 | Killing the Dream | Interviewer / Agent / Ron | |
2004 | Witness 2 Murder | Roger | |
Able Edwards | Franklin Wallace | ||
Bashing | Manager | ||
Paparazzi | Fan | ||
Charmed | Shapeshifter | Episode: "Witchness Protection" | |
2005 | Blue Collar TV | Sketch performer | Episode: "Fashion" |
The Basement | The cable guy | ||
2006 | Crossing Jordan | Arthur Hay | Episode: "Blame Game" |
Intellectual Property | Pony Tail Man | ||
Idol | Japanese Photographer | ||
Dark Ride | Attendant #1 | ||
2007 | Close to Home | Rooster | Episode: "Internet Bride" |
Shoot'Em Up | Diner Holdup Leader | ||
National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Barkeep | ||
2008 | Reversion | Stranger | |
Black Widow | Bixler | TV Movie | |
Parasomnia | Record Store Owner | ||
Without a Trace | Gil | Episode: "Better Angels" | |
2008–2009 | Life | Hard Case #1 | 2 episodes: "Re-Entry" / "Trapdoor" |
2006–2009 | Heroes | Landlord | 3 episodes: "Chapter Nine / Turn and Face the Strange" / "Chapter One 'Genesis'" / "Unaired Premiere Episode" |
2009 | Breaking Bad | Spooge | 2 episodes: "Peekaboo" / "Breakage" |
The Revenant | ATM robber | ||
2010 | The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It | Yes Man | |
Rizzoli & Isles | Sandy Grotty | Episodes: "Boston Strangler Redux" | |
Lie to Me | Witness | Episode: "Headlock" | |
2011 | Bones | Larry Wolfram | Episode: "The Feet on the Beach" |
The Young and the Restless | Burt | Episode: "Daniel Finally Regains Consciousness" | |
2009–2011 | Zeke and Luther | Donut "Don" Donaldson | Recurring Role |
2012 | Pearblossom Hwy | Garr Booth | |
2013 | Coffee Town | Homeless Guy | |
2014 | The Haunted Hathaways | Green Ghoul | Crossover episode: "The Haunted Thundermans" |
The Thundermans | |||
Grimm | Hofmann | 4 episodes | |
2015 | Little Boy | Sir Pent | |
2015–2016 | Powers | Dr. Death | 8 episodes |
2016 | 31 | Schizo-Head | |
Fear, Inc. | Pete | ||
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits | Freddie Marks | Direct to video | |
2018–2019 | Lodge 49 | Champ | 17 episodes |
2019 | 3 from Hell | Travis O'Rourke | |
2020 | Birds of Prey | Sleazy Breeder |
References
- "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.
- David Ury Archived October 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine at the ISBN Database
- 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
- Knight, Keith (October 1, 2013). "Spooge man". DailyKos. Retrieved October 1, 2013.
- Rob Zombie’s 31 Casts Villain Schizo-Head
- Rob Zombie Casts His Schizo-Head In His Halloween Horror ’31′
- "This actor has died on-screen in almost every role he's played". Salon. May 22, 2014. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
- "Web star on an alter ego trip?". Los Angeles Times. April 10, 2009. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
External links
- David Ury on IMDb
- David Ury at the ISBN Database
- Ken Tanaka at the ISBN Database