Omar Doom

Omar Doom (born June 29, 1976) is an American actor, musician, and painter. He played the role as Private First Class Omar Ulmer in the 2009 film Inglourious Basterds, directed by Quentin Tarantino. His current musical project is an electronic/techno/EBM endeavor called STRAIGHT RAZOR.

Early life and education Omar Doom was born Omar Makhdomi (pronounced Makhdoomi) in Easton, Pennsylvania, to Dr. Rashid and Jawahira Makhdomi, who both are immigrants from Kashmir. His father is a physician at Easton Hospital. He was one of three children, including his two sisters. Doom's parents took the family to a cultural institution or exhibit weekly, including to operas and plays in Manhattan, New York City, or films at a local art house theater.

Doom graduated from Easton Area High School in Easton in 1994. Following graduation, Doom attended Parsons School of Design in Manhattan, where he pursued a degree in painting. and he later returned to a music career after Parsons when he became the frontman of a two-person electronic rock band called Doomington, along with Stretch Armstrong, a successful DJ and music producer. The duo is now defunct.

Doom met director Quentin Tarantino in Los Angeles in 1998 through mutual friends. They have reportedly been close friends ever since. Tarantino has been known to invite Doom over to his home for movie marathons. At one point, Tarantino held a birthday party for Doom. The party included screening of old television shows, cartoons, and films, including Hammerhead and The Mack. Following Tarantino's advice, Doom began studying acting. In an interview during a press junket in Berlin for Inglourious Basterds, Doom described Tarantino's encouragement, "Quentin told me I'd be great in movies. He really pushed me. I decided to go for it. I took his advice, and studied acting." The project name was inspired by the black-gloved killers from Italian Giallo films of the 1960s.

Doom released the first EP under the STRAIGHT RAZOR name, Vol. 1, on July 9, 2021 on Negative Gain Records. A second EP, Vol. 2, followed on July 17, 2022. Doom described Vol. 1 as having a dark and driving intensity to it, while Vol. 2 opened the sound up more.

A remix album, REMIXED, was released on April 28, 2023 and was the debut release under Doom's own record label, Doom Vision Records. REMIXED features reworked tracks from Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, including remixes by Gost, Corvad, MORIS BLAK, Nightcrawler, Destryur, and Electronic Substance Abuse (ESA). Doom re-released Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 under Doom Vision Records in the summer of 2023.

In addition to his work as STRAIGHT RAZOR, Doom also DJs under the name STRAIGHT RAZOR and Omar Doom.

Filmography Grindhouse (2007) – Nate (segment "Death Proof") Death Proof (2007) – Nate Inglourious Basterds (2009) – Pfc. Omar Ulmer Higher Power (2018) – Dario The Maestro (2018) – Kubrick Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – Donnie

Discography

STRAIGHT RAZOR

Whiskey & Ativan (2013) Vol. 1 (2021) Vol. 2 (2022) REMIXED (2023) Casualty (2024)