David Ury
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 30, 1973 (age 53)
- Credits
- 65
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
Breaking Bad
2008TV
Spooge
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020Movie
Sleazy Breeder
Better Call Saul
2015TV
Spooge
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007Movie
Barkeeper
Malcolm in the Middle
2000TV
Mechanic
The Mentalist
2008TV
Col. James Harris
Filmography
The Hawk
2026TV
Drifter
Time of Death
2026Movie
Meeks
Violent Ends
2025Movie
Lou Byers
A Blind Bargain
2025Movie
Reggie
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024TV
Barry
Junk
2024Movie
Petey
Do Not Watch
2023Movie
Babylon
2022Movie
Fan (Autograph)
1-800-Hot-Nite
2022Movie
Bill
The Rookie: Feds
2022TV
Frank Patterson
Faith Based
2020Movie
Gerry
Kajillionaire
2020Movie
Minimart Cashier
Woke
2020TV
Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)
Outer Banks
2020TV
Scooter Grubbs
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020Movie
Sleazy Breeder
3 from Hell
2019Movie
Travis O'Rourke
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019Movie
Self
Loners
2019Movie
Larry Bressert
Tacoma FD
2019TV
Buffalo Phil
Magnum P.I.
2018TV
Sam
Lodge 49
2018TV
31
2016Movie
Schizo-Head
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016Movie
Freddie Marks
Rush Hour
2016TV
Trucker
Little Boy
2015Movie
Sir Pent
Powers
2015TV
Dr. Death
Better Call Saul
2015TV
Spooge
Fresh Off the Boat
2015TV
Homeless Man
The Librarians
2014TV
William Shakespeare
Lake Los Angeles
2014Movie
Dan Dan
Masters of Sex
2013TV
Mom
2013TV
Randy
The Haunted Hathaways
2013TV
The Green Ghoul
Coffee Town
2013Movie
Homeless Guy
Pearblossom Hwy
2012Movie
Garr Booth
Hollywood Heights
2012TV
Gas Station Attendant
Touch
2012TV
Rizzi
Grimm
2011TV
Hofmann
Raising Hope
2010TV
Easter Joe
Rizzoli & Isles
2010TV
Sandy Grotty
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
2010Movie
Yes Man
Justified
2010TV
Hiram
Community
2009TV
Rick
The Revenant
2009Movie
ATM Robber
Lie to Me
2009TV
Witness
Black Widow
2008Movie
Bixler
The Mentalist
2008TV
Col. James Harris
Breaking Bad
2008TV
Spooge
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007Movie
Barkeeper
Life
2007TV
Hard Case #1
Private Practice
2007TV
Hank
Shoot 'Em Up
2007Movie
Diner Holdup Leader
Dark Ride
2006Movie
Attendant #1
Heroes
2006TV
Super, Landlord
Dark Mind
2006Movie
Pony Tail Man
Close to Home
2005TV
Rooster
Bones
2005TV
Larry Wolfram
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005TV
Spa Worker
Paparazzi
2004Movie
Fan
Able Edwards
2004Movie
Franklin Wallace
Without a Trace
2002TV
Gil
Crossing Jordan
2001TV
Arthur Hay
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Jayson Walt
Malcolm in the Middle
2000TV
Mechanic
Charmed
1998TV
Shapeshifter