Ury learned to speak Japanese while at college in Tokyo and has worked as a translator in film, television, and manga and currently ([REF]) translates and writes English adaptations for Japanese comics (manga) (some notable manga include Rave Master vol.33,34,35,
Cartoonist Keith Knight, a neighbor of his, described Ury's acting career as "Spooge man" and "a cavalcade of reprobates, sleazeballs, derelicts, & weirdos..."[REF] .