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.

Фільмографія

• 2026Time of Death — Meeks
• Яструб — Drifter
• 2025A Blind Bargain — Reggie
• 2025Криваві наслідки — Lou Byers
• 2024Little Death — Petey
• Перший шлюб Джорджі та Менді — Barry
• 2023Do Not Watch
• 20221-800-Hot-Nite — Bill
• 2022Вавилон — Fan (Autograph)
• Новобранець: Федерали — Frank Patterson
• 2020Faith Based — Gerry
• Woke — Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)
• Зовнішні мілини — Scooter Grubbs
• 2020Каджільйонер — Minimart Cashier
• 2020Хижі пташки (та фантастична Харлі Квін) — Sleazy Breeder
• 2019Loners — Larry Bressert
• Tacoma FD — Buffalo Phil
• 2019Трійця з пекла — Travis O'Rourke
• Lodge 49
• Приватний детектив Маґнум — Sam
• 201631 — Schizo-Head
• 2016Історія Попелюшки 4: Якщо туфелька підійде — Freddie Marks
• Година пік — Trucker
• 2015Little Boy — Sir Pent
• Краще подзвоніть Солу — Spooge
• Надздібності — Dr. Death
• Труднощі асиміляції — Homeless Man
• 2014Lake Los Angeles — Dan Dan
• Бібліотекарі — William Shakespeare
• 2013Coffee Town — Homeless Guy
• The Haunted Hathaways — The Green Ghoul
• 2013What Kind of Asian Are You? — Producer, Writers' Assistant
• Мамця — Randy
• Фахівці сексу
• Hollywood Heights — Gas Station Attendant
• 2012Pearblossom Hwy — Garr Booth
• Зв’язок — Rizzi
• Грімм — Hofmann
• 2010The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It — Yes Man
• Виховуючи Гоуп — Easter Joe
• Різзолі та Айлз — Sandy Grotty
• Своя правда — Hiram
• 2009The Revenant — ATM Robber
• Спільнота — Rick
• Теорія брехні — Witness
• 2008Black Widow — Bixler
• Менталіст — Col. James Harris
• Пуститися берега — Spooge
• Private Practice — Hank
• Життя — Hard Case #1
• 2007Застрель їх — Diner Holdup Leader
• 2007Скарб нації: Книга таємниць — Barkeeper
• 2006Dark Mind — Pony Tail Man
• 2006Dark Ride — Attendant #1
• Герої — Super, Landlord
• Close to Home — Rooster
• Кістки — Larry Wolfram
• У Філадельфії завжди сонячно — Spa Worker
• 2004Able Edwards — Franklin Wallace
• 2004Paparazzi — Fan
• Without a Trace — Gil
• Crossing Jordan — Arthur Hay
• CSI: Місце злочину — Jayson Walt
• Малкольм у центрі уваги — Mechanic
• Всі жінки — відьми — Shapeshifter

Ток-шоу, премії та інші появи (1)

• 2019To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell — Self