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David Ury
Born
David Brian Ury

(1973-09-30) September 30, 1973 (age 50)
Sonoma, California, U.S.
Alma materEvergreen State College
Occupation(s)Actor, stand-up comedian, Japanese translation specialist
RelativesLesser 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 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.[citation needed]

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
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

  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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