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David Ury
Born
David Brian Ury

(1973-09-30) September 30, 1973 (age 51)
Sonoma, California, U.S.
Alma materEvergreen State College
Occupation(s)Actor, stand-up comedian, Japanese translation specialist
RelativesLesser Ury (ancestor)

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

Early life and education

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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

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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

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TV Series and Movies

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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

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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

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Film

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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

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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

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

References

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  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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