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David Ury

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52 Years Old

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.

Born

on 1st January 1973

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Without a Trace
Gil
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Bones
Larry Wolfram
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Breaking Bad
Spooge
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Jayson Walt
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The Mentalist
Col. James Harris
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Better Call Saul
Spooge
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Tacoma FD
Buffalo Phil
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Grimm
Hofmann
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Spa Worker
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Rizzoli & Isles
Sandy Grotty
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Mom
Randy
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Heroes
Landlord
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Heroes
Super
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Community
Rick
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Outer Banks
Scooter Grubbs
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Malcolm in the Middle
Mechanic
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Charmed
Shapeshifter
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The Haunted Hathaways
The Green Ghoul
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Justified
Hiram
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Crossing Jordan
Arthur Hay
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Life
Hard Case #1
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Masters of Sex
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Raising Hope
Easter Joe
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The Librarians
William Shakespeare
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The Rookie: Feds
Frank Patterson
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Touch
Rizzi
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Woke
Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)
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Fresh Off the Boat
Homeless Man
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Powers
Dr. Death
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Lodge 49
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Rush Hour
Trucker
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Private Practice
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Babylon
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Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Sleazy Breeder
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Close to Home
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets
Barkeeper
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Shoot 'Em Up
Diner Holdup Leader
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A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
Freddie Marks
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Kajillionaire
Minimart Cashier
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3 from Hell
Travis O'Rourke
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31
Schizo-Head
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Little Boy
Sir Pent
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The Revenant
ATM Robber
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Paparazzi
Fan
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Loners
Larry Bressert
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Dark Ride
Attendant #1
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To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
Self
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Little Death
Petey
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Black Widow
Bixler
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1-800-Hot-Nite
Bill
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Faith Based
Gerry
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Coffee Town
Homeless Guy
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Do Not Watch
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Pearblossom Hwy
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A Blind Bargain
Reggie
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Able Edwards
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Lake Los Angeles
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