David Ury
Known for Acting · 63 credits
- Born
- 1973-01-01 (age 53)
Biography
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.
Known For
TV Shows (36)
The Mentalist
2008
as Col. James Harris
Breaking Bad
2008
as Spooge
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Jayson Walt
Bones
2005
as Larry Wolfram
Better Call Saul
2015
as Spooge
Grimm
2011
as Hofmann
Charmed
1998
as Shapeshifter
Private Practice
2007
as Hank
Without a Trace
2002
as Gil
Malcolm in the Middle
2000
as Mechanic
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Arthur Hay
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Spa Worker
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Sandy Grotty
Heroes
2006
as Super / Landlord
Mom
2013
as Randy
Magnum P.I.
2018
as Sam
Community
2009
as Rick
Fresh Off the Boat
2015
as Homeless Man
Masters of Sex
2013
Justified
2010
as Hiram
Lie to Me
2009
as Witness
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024
as Barry
Close to Home
2005
as Rooster
Raising Hope
2010
as Easter Joe
Outer Banks
2020
as Scooter Grubbs
The Librarians
2014
as William Shakespeare
The Rookie: Feds
2022
as Frank Patterson
Life
2007
as Hard Case #1
Touch
2012
as Rizzi
Tacoma FD
2019
as Buffalo Phil
Powers
2015
as Dr. Death
Rush Hour
2016
as Trucker
Lodge 49
2018
Woke
2020
as Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)
The Haunted Hathaways
2013
as The Green Ghoul
Free Bert
2026
as Dr. Szykiel
Movies (27)
Babylon
2022
as Fan (Autograph)
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020
as Sleazy Breeder
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007
as Barkeeper
Shoot 'Em Up
2007
as Diner Holdup Leader
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016
as Freddie Marks
Kajillionaire
2020
as Minimart Cashier
3 from Hell
2019
as Travis O'Rourke
31
2016
as Schizo-Head
Paparazzi
2004
as Fan
Little Boy
2015
as Sir Pent
Violent Ends
2025
as Lou Byers
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
2010
as Yes Man
The Revenant
2009
as ATM Robber
Little Death
2024
as Petey
Coffee Town
2013
as Homeless Guy
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019
as Self
Dark Ride
2006
as Attendant #1
Black Widow
2008
as Bixler
1-800-Hot-Nite
2022
as Bill
A Blind Bargain
2025
as Reggie
Loners
2019
as Larry Bressert
Able Edwards
2004
as Franklin Wallace
Do Not Watch
2023
Faith Based
2020
as Gerry
Pearblossom Hwy
2012
as Garr Booth
Lake Los Angeles
2014
as Dan Dan
Time of Death
2026
About David Ury
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 t… With 63 credits spanning from 1998 to 2026, David Ury has appeared in 27 films and 36 TV shows.
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Most Popular David Ury Movies
- Babylon (2022) — as Fan (Autograph)
- Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020) — as Sleazy Breeder
- National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007) — as Barkeeper
- Shoot 'Em Up (2007) — as Diner Holdup Leader
- A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016) — as Freddie Marks
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