Doc Hammer

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title: "Doc Hammer" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] description: "American voice actor, musician, writer & artist (born 1967)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doc_Hammer" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American voice actor, musician, writer & artist (born 1967) ::

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Field	Value
name	Doc Hammer
image	Doc Hammer by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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caption	Hammer at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con
birth_name	Eric Hammer
birth_date
birth_place	Ledyard, Connecticut, United States
occupation
years_active	1985–present
spouse	Lisa Hammer (1989–2008)
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| 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_place = Ledyard, Connecticut, United States | occupation = | 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. 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. (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 Ledyard, Connecticut. 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.

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.

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

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Not Farewell, Sweet Flesh	actor (Rofocale)
1990	The Wuby Opening		title=Lisa Hammer Filmography
Lorenzo et Lorenzo
The Emasculator
1991	Pussbucket	actor (Corned Beef), composer, props, set designer, special effects
1994	The Fox and Hound
The Changeling
1997	A, B, C... Manhattan	composer
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, Shoreleave, Red Mantle, Ward)
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Television

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Year	Title	Role
2004–2020	The Venture Bros.	writer (34 episodes), voice actor (Billy Quizboy, Henchman 21, Doctor Girlfriend, Shoreleave, Kevin, Ward, Dermott Fictel), editor, music
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References

References

1. (October 8, 2013). "Venture Bros. cocreators Doc Hammer and Jackson Publick".
2. Ohanesian, Liz. (May 31, 2013). "Five Things You Might Not Know About The Venture Bros.". [[LA Weekly]].
3. Hammer, Doc. (2005-05-16). "50 Questions (from MySpace)". [[DeviantArt]].
4. Hammer, Doc. (2004-11-21). "Some Oil Tips". [[DeviantArt]].
5. (31 July 2018). "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". Dark Horse Comics.
6. "Lisa Hammer Filmography". [[Lisa Hammer]].
7. "Production Credits for ''A, B, C... Manhattan''".

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