Background
He is a descendant of Ashkenazi Jewish impressionist painter Lesser Ury.
He is a descendant of Ashkenazi Jewish impressionist painter Lesser Ury.
Ury learned to speak Japanese while at college in Tokyo and has worked as a translator in film, television, and manga and currently (As of May 2011) translates and writes English adaptations for Japanese comics (manga) (some notable manga include Rave Master vol33,34,35, Basilisk, Genshiken, Gacha Gacha and The Wallflower). Ury moved to Los Angeles in August 2001 where he began performing stand-up comedy. In the spring of 2003, Ury became the "Ugly Guy" in Fox"s Mr.
Personality promo commercials.
More recently he has appeared as the "Guy who says Yes" or the "Yes Guy" on the Internet viral Verizon parody short. Ury also plays a fictionalized version of himself as a news reporter in William Hung"s She Bangs video.
Cartoonist Keith Knight, a neighbor of his, described Ury"s acting career as "Spooge man" and "a cavalcade of reprobates, sleazeballs, derelicts, & weirdos.."
television Series and Movies
David Ury has made several film and television appearances, including an episode of Tim Kring"s Crossing Jordan and in Shoot "Econometrica Up. He also appeared in Heroes, Malcolm in the Middle, Life, Without a Trace, Breaking Bad, Zeke and Luther, and The Librarians.
In March 2015, Ury was cast for Rob Zombie"s slasher film 31 as Schizo-Head.
YouTube
David Ury also has YouTube channels/accounts/personalities or alter-egos, which include Karaoke Steve and Ken Tanaka, the so-called adopted twin brother of David Ury. Ken Tanaka bears a resemblance to lonelygirl15 with Ken Tanaka"s first appearance on YouTube. Many viewers are convinced that Tanaka"s story is true, while others believe that he is merely a character played by David Ury.
After some viewers began to comment that Tanaka looked a lot like actor David Ury, Tanaka made a video where Tanaka goes to meet Ury.
The video shows David Ury and Ken Tanaka meeting and discovering that they are identical twin brothers. As of 22 August 2011 Ken Tanaka has over 200 YouTube videos in both his two YouTube channels (helpmefindparents and kentanakajapan).
Tanaka"s videos also document his visual art career and the making of his book "Everybody DiesA Children"s Book for Grown Ups". Tanaka"s work is sought after by collectors of the work of German impressionist painter Lesser Ury presumably by those who believe that Tanaka is actually David Ury.
Ken Tanaka has also made appearances in YouTube with MissHannahMinx and Gimmeabreakman (aka Victor from Japan).