David Ury

David Brian Ury born September 30 1973 is an American actor standup 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 bachelors 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 standup comedy Cartoonist Keith Knight a neighbor of his described Urys 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 Krings 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 Zombies slasher film 31 as SchizoHead A character actor Ury has died on screen in almost every role he has portrayed Ury also has several YouTube channelsaccountspersonalities and alteregos 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