Eric "Doc" Hammer (born February 2, 1967) is an American voice actor, musician, writer and artist. He performed in the

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bands Requiem in White from 1985 to 1995 and Mors Syphilitica from 1995 to 2002, both with his then-wife

Lisa Hammer Lisa Hammer (née Houle; born April 4, 1967, in Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American filmmaker, actress, composer and singer.Azra Medea (World Of Fandom), 1997, Dark GothicAn Intricate Portrait of Lisa and Eric Hammer Accessed July 8, 2014, ...

. His film credits include a number of Lisa's projects—released through their own production company Blessed Elysium—in which he participated as a writer, actor, composer, designer, and visual effects artist. He also composed the music for the 1997 film '' A, B, C... Manhattan''. He and Christopher McCulloch are the co-creators, writers, and editors of the animated television series ''

The Venture Bros. ''The Venture Bros.'' is an American adult animated action comedy television series created by Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Following a pilot episode on February 16, 2003, the s ...

'' (2004–2020), in which Hammer voices several recurring characters including Billy Quizboy, Henchman 21, Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, and Dermott Fictel. The show is produced through Hammer and McCulloch's company Astro-Base Go. Hammer is also the guitarist and lead vocalist of the band Weep, which formed in 2008. In 2021, Hammer founded the band Pageant Girls with vocalist Ivy Jaff.

Early life

Hammer was born in

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. He has stated that his hair naturally grows in both black and blonde, a condition he attributes to "a pigmentation problem or a birthmark or something. But my hair is naturally like this... Kinda. Because my eyebrows are black, I used to dye my whole head that color. Also, I used to enjoy looking like Dracula for some asinine reason." He lives with

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, a disorder of the

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that can affect

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and

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. He is a self-taught oil painter.

Personal life

He adopted the pseudonym "Doc" in the mid-2000s. In July 2018, Dark Horse Books, a division of

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, manga and Artist's book, art book publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon, by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, O ...

, published ''Go Team Venture!: The Art and Making of The Venture Bros''. The book, co-authored by Hammer, Christopher McCulloch, and Kenneth Plume details the entire history of the creation of ''The Venture Bros.'' episode by episode from seasons one through six. At an unspecified point in his adult life Hammer suffered a back injury that left him paraplegic. He regained the use of his legs but was left with a numb section in his back.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hammer, Doc Living people American male musicians American male painters American male television writers American male voice actors American television writers People from Ledyard, Connecticut Screenwriters from Connecticut 21st-century American painters People with Ménière's disease 1967 births