Joe Rogan

Joe Rogan

Performing in December 2011
Birth name Joseph James Rogan
Born (1967-08-11) August 11, 1967
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Medium
Years active 1988–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Influences
Spouse Jessica Rogan
Website Official website

Joseph James "Joe" Rogan[3] (born August 11, 1967) is an American podcaster, sports commentator, and stand up comedian.[4][5][6] Rogan is the host of his own podcast titled The Joe Rogan Experience, a weekly talk show where he converses with people from various backgrounds. Also a comedian, he began performing stand up comedy in 1989 and still performs regular tours to this day. Rogan has worked for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) since 1997, and is now a color commentator for the promotion. In addition, Rogan has had roles on the television sitcoms Hardball and NewsRadio and was the host of reality shows Fear Factor and Joe Rogan Questions Everything.[7][8]

Early life

Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey. He was raised in Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts until age seven,[9][10] followed by San Francisco, California until age 11, and then Gainesville, Florida.[11] He is of one quarter Irish and three quarters Italian descent.[12] Rogan's father, a police officer in Newark, has not been in contact with him since Rogan was six years old.[13] He briefly attended the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Career

Stand-up comedy

Rogan began performing stand-up comedy in 1989 and has since recorded several albums and specials, including Shiny Happy Jihad, Joe Rogan: Talking Monkeys in Space, and Joe Rogan Live from the Tabernacle.[14]

In 2007, Rogan confronted comedian Carlos Mencia on stage, accusing him of joke thievery.[15] A video of the incident included evidence and supporting comments from other comedians, including George Lopez, Reverend Bob Levy, Bobby Lee and Ari Shaffir.[16]

Acting

In 1994, Rogan co-starred on the Fox comedy Hardball as Frank Valente, the young, ego-centric star player on a fictional professional baseball team.[17] From 1995 to 1999, he co-starred on the comedy NewsRadio. He portrayed Joe Garrelli, the electrician at WNYX, a news radio station in New York City.[18][19] In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of Just Shoot Me as Chris, Maya Gallo's boyfriend.[20] In 2011, Rogan played his first major character in a movie in the Kevin James movie Zookeeper.[21] He played himself in Here Comes the Boom, another action-comedy starring Kevin James released in 2012.[22]

Commentary

Rogan during the UFC's Ultimate Fight Night 7 broadcast

Rogan began working for the UFC in 1997, making his debut interviewing fighters at UFC 12: Judgement Day in Dothan, Alabama, before eventually becoming a color commentator for the promotion.[23] He has won the Wrestling Observer Newsletter award for Best Television Announcer on two occasions. He was also named "MMA Personality of the Year" four times by the World MMA Awards.[24]

Hosting

Rogan worked on the TV series Fear Factor, as a host of the United States version of the show. He hosted from June 11, 2001 through September 12, 2006. Rogan returned as the host of Fear Factor in the rebooted edition of the show, which aired December 12, 2011 through July 16, 2012 on NBC. In 2003, Rogan and Doug Stanhope replaced Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla as co-hosts of The Man Show.[25] They continued through the end of the show's run in 2004. His last hosting job was for his own show titled Joe Rogan Questions Everything which aired six episodes, all in 2013.

Podcast

In December 2009, Rogan began hosting a podcast with concurrent live Ustream and YouTube availability.[26] The podcast features an array of guests who discuss current events, political views, philosophy, comedy, hobbies and numerous other topics.[27] Now titled The Joe Rogan Experience, it is listened to by over 11 million people.[28]

Personal life

Rogan lives in Bell Canyon, California; he briefly lived in Boulder, Colorado.[29]

In 2007, Rogan and his girlfriend had a baby girl.[30] They married the following year.[31] In 2010, Rogan announced the birth of a second daughter.[32]

Martial arts

Joe Rogan
Height 5'8"
Weight 170lb
Reach 72"
Style Taekwondo, Kickboxer, Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Rank 2nd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo
Blue Belt in Judo
Black Belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu under Eddie Bravo
Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Jean Jacques Machado

During high school, Rogan was a practitioner of taekwondo and gained a black belt at age 15.[33] He became the Massachusetts full contact taekwondo champion for four consecutive years. He started judo at the age of 20 and after a year of training received blue belt.[34] In 1996, Rogan began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Carlson Gracie at his school in Hollywood, California.[33] He is a black belt in Eddie Bravo's 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, a style of no-gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu,[35] and a black belt in gi Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Jean Jacques Machado.[36] He was also a kickboxer, holding an amateur record of 2-1.[33]

Religion

Rogan stated in 2010, during an appearance on the Alex Jones radio show, that he was raised Catholic, having attended Catholic school in the first grade, but has since abandoned following any organized religion.[37] He is highly critical of the Catholic Church and, drawing from his experiences as a former member, believes it is an institution of oppression.[38] However, he has also stated that he isn't completely opposed to the concept of a "higher power", such as a god, but that no one can know for sure.

Advocacy

Rogan is not affiliated with any political party but has been described as having mostly Libertarian views.[38][39] He endorsed Ron Paul in the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign and has spoken favorably about some of Bernie Sanders' political stances during the 2016 U.S. presidential race.[40][41]

Rogan strongly supports the legalized use of cannabis and believes it holds numerous benefits.[42] He hosted the documentary film The Union: The Business Behind Getting High[43] and was featured in Marijuana: A Chronic History and The Culture High. He also supports the use of LSD, psilocybin mushrooms and DMT toward the exploration and enhancement of consciousness, as well as introspection.[44] He was the presenter in the 2010 documentary DMT: The Spirit Molecule.[45]

Rogan is an avid hunter and is part of the "Eat What You Kill" movement, which attempts to move away from factory farming and the mistreatment of animals reared for food.[46]

Rogan is opposed to routine infant circumcision and has spoken out about the lack of significant scientific evidence for any benefits to "cutting the dicks of babies". He considers the practice not entirely different from female genital mutilation in that body parts are amputated on non-consenting children.[47]

Rogan has an interest in the use of sensory deprivation and the isolation tank.[48] He has stated that his personal experiences with meditation in isolation tanks has helped him explore the nature of consciousness as well as improve performance in various physical and mental activities and overall well-being.[49][50]

Filmography

Comedy recordings

Video games

Year Title
2016 EA Sports UFC 2

Awards and honors

See also

References

  1. ↑ "JRE #496 – Nick Cutter on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. May 6, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Joe Rogan Experience #463 – Louis Theroux". YouTube. January 6, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Joe Rogan Experience Video Blog, Episode 8 on Vimeo". Vimeo.com. July 7, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ Hyson, Sean. "UFC Host Joe Rogan Trains Like a Fighter". Men's Fitness. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
  5. ↑ Sanneh, Kelefa (December 12, 2014). "An Astonishing Mixed-Martial-Arts Podcast". The New Yorker. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ Matthews, Christopher (August 29, 2013). "Drawing Listeners and Advertisers Alike". TIME. Retrieved January 11, 2015.
  7. ↑ Stockly, Ed (July 23, 2013). "Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'Joe Rogan Questions Everything' on Syfy". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015. Retrieved July 24, 2013.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "Joe Rogan (Podcast Site)". Blog.joerogan.net. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  10. ↑ Schneider, Ryan (December 2002). Joe Rogan. Black Belt
  11. ↑ "Joe Rogan Experience, stating cities where he grew up". Youtube.com. November 27, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Joe Rogan on Twitter: "@pricecavs It is. My grandfather on my father's side, Pappy Rogan is straight off the boat from Ireland. I'm 3/4 Italian 1/4 Irish."". Twitter. June 25, 2011. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  13. ↑ "JOE ROGAN TALKS ABOUT Trayvon Martin & George Zimmerman". YouTube. July 16, 2013. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Joe Rogan’s new comedy special will be released Dec. 18 exclusively through JoeRogan.net". Laughspin.com. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  15. ↑ Raustiala, Kal; Sprigman, Chris (March 30, 2010). The Vigilantes of Comedy. The New York Times
  16. ↑ Lussier, Germain (February 15, 2007).Joe Rogan and Carlos Mencia face off at comedy club. Times Herald-Record
  17. ↑ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present. Random House Digital, ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4
  18. ↑ "News Radio – Joe Rogan". Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
  19. ↑ "Joe Rogan – News Radio". Wayback.archive.org. Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  20. ↑ Gonzalez, Erika (April 5, 2002). Now 'Fear' This: Joe Rogan uncensored. Rocky Mountain News
  21. ↑ O'Connell, Sean (July 8, 2011). If he could talk to the animals. The Washington Post
  22. ↑ Buan-Deveza, Reyma (April 5, 2011). Charice filming 2nd Hollywood movie with Salma Hayek? ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs
  23. ↑ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Fighters Only Awards 2010". Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  25. ↑ Chocano, Carina (August 15, 2003). The Man Show. Entertainment Weekly
  26. ↑ "Joe Rogan". Blog.joerogan.net. July 26, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  27. ↑ "Joe Rogan (Podcast Site)". Podcasts.joerogan.net. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Joe Rogan Podcast". Inquisitor. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Mile High Hot Guy: Joe Rogan". MileHighGayGuy. July 12, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  30. ↑ Fadroski, Kelli Skye (July 23, 2008).(Comic Joe Rogan gets into fatherhood, Zen, ultimate fighting. Orange County Register
  31. ↑ "Joe Rogan brings trippy humor to Palm Beach Improv". PBPULSE.com. July 13, 2009. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  32. ↑ "Joe Rogan accuses rivals of stealing his material". DALLASNEWS.com. February 26, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2010.
  33. 1 2 3 "Joe Rogan". tmz.com. December 18, 2013. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  34. ↑ "Joe Rogan". ČSFD.cz. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Joe Rogan gets his 10th Planet Black Belt". YouTube. June 27, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  36. ↑ "Today, UFC commentator Joe Rogan received his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu from Jean Jacques...". Bloody Elbow. September 17, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  37. ↑ "Joe Rogan and Rosie Talk 9-11 Conspiracy Theory – The Rosie Show – Oprah Winfrey Network". YouTube. February 6, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  38. 1 2 "Joe Rogan’s Religion and Political Views". The Hollowverse. December 1, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  39. ↑ Joe Rogan podcast with Gavin McInnes
  40. ↑ Bedard, Paul (December 16, 2011). "Joe Rogan of 'Fear Factor' Endorses Ron Paul – Washington Whispers". usnews.com. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  41. ↑ "Joe Rogan on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  42. ↑ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  43. ↑ "Joe Rogan Visits Floatation Tank". YouTube. August 3, 2006. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  44. ↑ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  45. ↑ "DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)". IMDb. September 1, 2014. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
  46. ↑ "Video: Joe Rogan on the "Eat What You Kill" Movement". OutdoorHub. October 23, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  47. ↑ "Joe Rogan talks circumcision- "I think it's stupid..."". YouTube. March 25, 2012. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  48. ↑ "Joe Rogan Floatation Tank". YouTube. August 3, 2006. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  49. ↑ The Sensory Deprivation Tank – Joe Rogan on YouTube
  50. ↑ "Joe Rogan Talks about the Isolation Tank Experience". YouTube. September 9, 2010. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  51. ↑ "Comedy Central". Direct.cc.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  52. ↑ "Internet Archive Wayback Machine". Wayback.archive.org. August 13, 2015. Archived from the original on August 13, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  53. ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 30, 2012). "Jan 30 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Gigantic year-end awards issue, best and worst in all categories plus UFC on FX 1, death of Savannah Jack, ratings, tons and tons of news". Wrestling Observer Newsletter (Campbell, CA). ISSN 1083-9593.

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