David Ury
Acting
David Brian Ury (born September 30, 1973) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, YouTuber, and Japanese translation specialist. 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. 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. 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." 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. 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.
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Sleazy Breeder
Age 47 (now 53)
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
as Freddie Marks
Age 43 (now 53)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
as Sleazy Breeder
Age 47 (now 53)
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
as Self
Age 46 (now 53)
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
as Freddie Marks
Age 43 (now 53)
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
as Yes Man
Age 37 (now 53)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
as Barkeeper
Age 34 (now 53)
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
as Barry
Age 51 (now 53)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
as Spa Worker
Age 32 (now 53)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Jayson Walt
Age 27 (now 53)
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