Editing Doc Hammer (section)

{{Short description|American voice actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name          = Doc Hammer
| image         = Doc Hammer by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| alt           = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software -->
| 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.]]''<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Time Out (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}}</ref> (2004–2020), in which Hammer voices several recurring characters<ref name="LA">{{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]]}}</ref> 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 (band)|Weep]], which formed in 2008. In 2021, Hammer founded the band Pageant Girls with vocalist Ivy Jaff.