The Hawk
2026 · TV Show
as Drifter
David Ury
1973-09-30
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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.
Filmography
A Blind Bargain
2025 · Movie
as Reggie
Violent Ends
2025 · Movie
as Lou Byers
Time of Death
2025 · Movie
as Meeks
Little Death
2024 · Movie
as Petey
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage
2024 · TV Show
as Barry
Do Not Watch
2023 · Movie
1-800-Hot-Nite
2022 · Movie
as Bill
Babylon
2022 · Movie
as Fan (Autograph)
The Rookie: Feds
2022 · TV Show
as Frank Patterson
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
2020 · Movie
as Sleazy Breeder
Kajillionaire
2020 · Movie
as Minimart Cashier
Faith Based
2020 · Movie
as Gerry
Outer Banks
2020 · TV Show
as Scooter Grubbs
Woke
2020 · TV Show
as Al Durian (aka Trench Coat)
3 from Hell
2019 · Movie
as Travis O'Rourke
Loners
2019 · Movie
as Larry Bressert
To Hell and Back: The Making of 3 From Hell
2019 · Movie
as Self
Tacoma FD
2019 · TV Show
as Buffalo Phil
Lodge 49
2018 · TV Show
Magnum P.I.
2018 · TV Show
as Sam
31
2016 · Movie
as Schizo-Head
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
2016 · Movie
as Freddie Marks
Rush Hour
2016 · TV Show
as Trucker
Little Boy
2015 · Movie
as Sir Pent
Better Call Saul
2015 · TV Show
as Spooge
Powers
2015 · TV Show
as Dr. Death
Fresh Off the Boat
2015 · TV Show
as Homeless Man
Lake Los Angeles
2014 · Movie
as Dan Dan
The Librarians
2014 · TV Show
as William Shakespeare
Coffee Town
2013 · Movie
as Homeless Guy
Mom
2013 · TV Show
as Randy
The Haunted Hathaways
2013 · TV Show
as The Green Ghoul
Masters of Sex
2013 · TV Show
Pearblossom Hwy
2012 · Movie
as Garr Booth
Touch
2012 · TV Show
as Rizzi
Grimm
2011 · TV Show
as Hofmann
The 41–Year–Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It
2010 · Movie
as Yes Man
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · TV Show
as Sandy Grotty
Justified
2010 · TV Show
as Hiram
Raising Hope
2010 · TV Show
as Easter Joe
The Revenant
2009 · Movie
as ATM Robber
Community
2009 · TV Show
as Rick
Lie to Me
2009 · TV Show
as Witness
Black Widow
2008 · Movie
as Bixler
Breaking Bad
2008 · TV Show
as Spooge
The Mentalist
2008 · TV Show
as Col. James Harris
National Treasure: Book of Secrets
2007 · Movie
as Barkeeper
Shoot 'Em Up
2007 · Movie
as Diner Holdup Leader
Life
2007 · TV Show
as Hard Case #1
Private Practice
2007 · TV Show
as Hank
Dark Ride
2006 · Movie
as Attendant #1
Heroes
2006 · TV Show
as Super, Landlord
Close to Home
2005 · TV Show
as Rooster
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005 · TV Show
as Spa Worker
Bones
2005 · TV Show
as Larry Wolfram
Able Edwards
2004 · Movie
as Franklin Wallace
Paparazzi
2004 · Movie
as Fan
Without a Trace
2002 · TV Show
as Gil
Crossing Jordan
2001 · TV Show
as Arthur Hay
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · TV Show
as Jayson Walt
Malcolm in the Middle
2000 · TV Show
as Mechanic
Charmed
1998 · TV Show
as Shapeshifter
