Doc Hammer

{{Infobox person

| name = Doc Hammer

| image = Doc Hammer by Gage Skidmore.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Hammer at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con

| birth_name = Eric Hammer

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|2|2}}

| birth_place = Ledyard, Connecticut, United States

| occupation = {{hlist|Voice actor|musician|writer|artist}}

| years_active = 1985–present

| spouse = Lisa Hammer (1989–2008)

}}

Eric "Doc" Hammer (born February 2, 1967) is an American voice actor, musician, writer and artist. He performed in the gothic rock bands Requiem in White from 1985 to 1995 and Mors Syphilitica from 1995 to 2002, both with his then-wife Lisa Hammer. 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.{{cite magazine|magazine=Time Out|title=Venture Bros. cocreators Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick|date=October 8, 2013|url=http://www.timeout.com/newyork/things-to-do/venture-bros-cocreators-doc-hammer-and-jackson-publick}} (2004–2020), in which Hammer voices several recurring characters{{cite web |last=Ohanesian |first=Liz |date=May 31, 2013 |title=Five Things You Might Not Know About The Venture Bros. |url=https://www.laweekly.com/arts/five-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-venture-bros-4179549 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712160527/http://www.laweekly.com/arts/five-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-venture-bros-4179549 |archive-date=2018-07-12 |accessdate=2018-07-12 |work=LA Weekly}} 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 Ledyard, Connecticut.{{cite web |last=Hammer |first=Doc |title=50 Questions (from MySpace) |date=2005-05-16 |publisher=DeviantArt |url=http://doc-hammer.deviantart.com/journal/5376853/ |accessdate=2010-12-07}} 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 Ménière's disease, a disorder of the inner ear that can affect hearing and balance. He is a self-taught oil painter.{{cite web |last=Hammer |first=Doc |title=Some Oil Tips |date=2004-11-21 |publisher=DeviantArt |url=http://doc-hammer.deviantart.com/journal/3887535/ |accessdate=2010-12-07}}

Personal life

He adopted the pseudonym "Doc" in the mid-2000s.

In July 2018, Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics, 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.{{cite book |title=Go Team Venture!_ The Art and Making of The Venture Bros._ Cartoon Network, Publick, Jackson, Hammer, Doc, Plume, Ken, Oswalt, Patton_ 9781506704876_ Amazon.com_ Books | isbn=978-1506704876 | last1=Network | first1=Cartoon | last2=Publick | first2=Jackson | last3=Hammer | first3=Doc | last4=Plume | first4=Ken | date=31 July 2018 | publisher=Dark Horse Comics }}

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.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable"

!Year

!Title

!Role

1989

|Not Farewell, Sweet Flesh

|actor (Rofocale)

rowspan="3"|1990

|The Wuby Opening

|{{cite web |title=Lisa Hammer Filmography |work=Lisahammer.com |publisher=Lisa Hammer |url=http://www.lisahammer.com/filmmaker/filmography.html |accessdate=2010-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017210959/http://www.lisahammer.com/filmmaker/filmography.html |archive-date=2010-10-17 |url-status=dead }}

Lorenzo et Lorenzo

The Emasculator

1991

|Pussbucket

|actor (Corned Beef), composer, props, set designer, special effects

rowspan="2"|1994

|The Fox and Hound

The Changeling

1997

|A, B, C... Manhattan

|composer{{cite web |title=Production Credits for A, B, C... Manhattan |website=Allmovie |url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/a-b-c-manhattan-154985/credits |accessdate=2010-12-05}}

1999

|Crawley

|writer, actor (Crawley), visual effects

2004

|Period Piece

|editing, visual effects

2011

|Pox

|actor (Rodney Carmichael)

2023

|The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart

|writer, actor (Dr. Mrs. The Monarch, Henchman 21, Billy Quizboy, Dermott, Shore Leave, Red Mantle, Ward)