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David Ury

David Ury

Known for ActingBorn 1973-01-01 (age 53)
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.Read more

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Little Death10.0
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Little Death

2024 · Movie

Breaking Bad8.9
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Breaking Bad

2008 · Series

Better Call Saul8.7
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Better Call Saul

2015 · Series

The Mentalist8.4
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The Mentalist

2008 · Series

Malcolm in the Middle8.5
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Malcolm in the Middle

2000 · Series

Outer Banks8.3
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Outer Banks

2020 · Series

Grimm8.3
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Grimm

2011 · Series

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia8.3
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005 · Series

Bones8.2
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Bones

2005 · Series

Charmed8.2
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Charmed

1998 · Series

Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage7.9
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Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage

2024 · Series

Community8.0
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Community

2009 · Series

Justified8.0
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Justified

2010 · Series

Rizzoli & Isles7.9
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Rizzoli & Isles

2010 · Series

Lie to Me7.9
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Lie to Me

2009 · Series

Tacoma FD7.7
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Tacoma FD

2019 · Series

Magnum P.I.7.6
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Magnum P.I.

2018 · Series

Free Bert7.5
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Free Bert

2026 · Series

Life7.7
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Life

2007 · Series

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation7.6
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000 · Series

Private Practice7.5
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Private Practice

2007 · Series

Babylon7.4
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Babylon

2022 · Movie

Raising Hope7.4
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Raising Hope

2010 · Series

Heroes7.4
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Heroes

2006 · Series

Mom7.3
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Mom

2013 · Series

Fresh Off the Boat7.2
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Fresh Off the Boat

2015 · Series

Little Boy7.2
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Little Boy

2015 · Movie

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits7.2
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A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

2016 · Movie

The Haunted Hathaways7.2
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The Haunted Hathaways

2013 · Series

Able Edwards7.3
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Able Edwards

2004 · Movie

The Rookie: Feds7.1
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The Rookie: Feds

2022 · Series

The Librarians7.2
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The Librarians

2014 · Series

Without a Trace7.3
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Without a Trace

2002 · Series

Masters of Sex7.1
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Masters of Sex

2013 · Series

Crossing Jordan7.2
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Crossing Jordan

2001 · Series

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)6.9
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

2020 · Movie

Lodge 496.7
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Lodge 49

2018 · Series

Lake Los Angeles6.7
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Lake Los Angeles

2014 · Movie

Powers6.6
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Powers

2015 · Series

Touch6.6
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Touch

2012 · Series

Shoot 'Em Up6.5
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Shoot 'Em Up

2007 · Movie

Coffee Town6.4
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Coffee Town

2013 · Movie

Kajillionaire6.3
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Kajillionaire

2020 · Movie

National Treasure: Book of Secrets6.4
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2007 · Movie

Violent Ends6.0
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Violent Ends

2025 · Movie

The Revenant6.1
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The Revenant

2009 · Movie

To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell6.0
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To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell

2019 · Movie

3 from Hell5.8
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3 from Hell

2019 · Movie