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Comedy career. Genres. Satire/political satire, blue comedy, observational comedy. Subject(s)Recreational drug use, ribaldry, self- deprecation, race relations, marriage, everyday life, parenting, current events, politics, religion. Joseph James Rogan (born August 1.

American stand- up comedian, martial arts color commentator and podcast host. A fan of comedy since his youth, Rogan began a career in stand- up in August 1. Boston area, developing a blue comedy act. He moved to New York City two years later. After relocating to Los Angeles in 1. Rogan signed an exclusive developmental deal with Disney, appeared as an actor on the television sitcoms Hardball and News. Radio, and worked in local comedy clubs.

In 1. 99. 7, he started working for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) as an interviewer and color commentator. Rogan released his first comedy special in 2. From 2. 00. 1, he has been the host of several television shows, including Fear Factor, The Man Show, and Joe Rogan Questions Everything. In 2. 00. 9, Rogan launched his podcast The Joe Rogan Experience which has become one of the most popular podcasts available; in October 2. Rogan is also an advocate of the legalization of cannabis, hunting, and overall physical and mental well- being.

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Early life. Joseph James Rogan[1] was born on August 1. Newark, New Jersey,[2] the place where his grandfather moved his family in the 1. He is of one- quarter Irish and three- quarters Italian descent.[4] His father, Joseph, worked as a police officer in Newark. At five years of age, Rogan's parents divorced,[5] and his father has not been in contact with him since he was seven. Rogan said of his father: "All I remember of my dad are these brief, violent flashes of domestic violence [..] But I don't want to complain about my childhood. Nothing bad ever really happened to me [..] I don't hate the guy."[5] At seven, Rogan and the family moved to San Francisco, California,[5] followed by another move when he was 1.

Gainesville, Florida.[6] They settled in Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts, where Rogan attended Newton South High School[7][8] and graduated from in 1. Rogan participated in Little League Baseball but developed an interest in martial arts in his early teens[1. I wasn't going to be a loser. So I really, really gravitated toward it".[1. At fourteen, he took up karate[5] and began to compete in taekwondo competitions.[2] At nineteen, he won a US Open Championship tournament as a lightweight.[9][disputed– discuss]He was a Massachusetts full- contact state champion for four consecutive years and became an instructor in the sport.[2][5] Rogan also practiced amateur kickboxing, and held a 2–1 record.[1. Rogan retired from competition at 2. He attended University of Massachusetts Boston but found it pointless and dropped out before he could graduate.[5]Career.

Early comedy career and sitcoms"I didn't have a direction until I became a stand- up comedian. I was pretty nervous about my future.

I couldn't imagine myself working a 9- to- 5 job."—Joe Rogan on his career.[1. Rogan had no intention of being a professional stand- up comedian and initially considered a career in kickboxing.[1. He was a fan of comedy as a youngster and his parents took him to see comedian Richard Pryor's film Live on the Sunset Strip at thirteen, which affected him "in such a profound way. Nothing had made me laugh like that."[2] Rogan's friends at his gym and taekwondo school convinced him to have a go at stand- up comedy as he would make jokes and do impressions to make them laugh.[2] At 2. August 2. 7, 1. 98.

Stitches comedy club in Boston.[7][1. While he worked on his stand- up, Rogan took up several jobs to secure himself financially by teaching martial arts at Boston University and Revere, Massachusetts, delivering newspapers, driving a limousine, doing construction work, and completing duties for a private investigator.[7][5] His blue comedy style earned him gigs at bachelor parties and strip clubs.[2] One night, Rogan convinced the owner of a comedy club in Boston to allow him to try a new, five- minute routine. At the show was talent manager Jeff Sussman, who liked Rogan's act and offered him to become his manager, to which Rogan accepted.[2][1. In 1. 99. 0, Rogan moved to New York City as a full- time comedian; he was "scratching and grinding" for money at the time, so he stayed with his grandfather in Newark for the first six months.[3] Rogan later cited Richard Jeni,[1. Lenny Bruce,[1. 9]Sam Kinison and Bill Hicks as comedy influences.[1.

In 1. 99. 4, Rogan relocated to Los Angeles as it presented more career opportunities.[5] His first national television spot followed on the MTV comedy show Half- Hour Comedy Hour.[2] The appearance led to the network offering him a three- year exclusive contract and a role in a pilot episode of a "dopey game show" for $5. Rogan declined, but it prompted Sussman to send tapes of Rogan's performances to several networks which sparked a bidding war.[1. After a period of negotiations, Rogan accepted a development deal with the Disney network.

He secured his first major acting role in the 1. Fox sitcom Hardball as Frank Valente, a young, ego- centric star player on a professional baseball team.[1. Rogan called the hiring process "weird" as the network had no idea if he could act until he was asked by Dean Valentine, then- president of Walt Disney Television, to which he replied: "If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure".[1.

The filming schedule was a new experience for Rogan who started to work 1. Rogan later said: "It was a great show on paper until a horrible executive producer with a big ego was hired by Fox to run the show and he re- wrote it."[1. Around this time, Rogan began performing at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and became a paid regular by owner Mitzi Shore. He performed at the club for the next 1. From 1. 99. 5 to 1. Rogan starred in the NBC sitcom News.

Radio as Joe Garrelli, an electrician and handyman at the show's fictional news radio station.[2][2. The role was originally set to be played by actor Ray Romano, but he was let go from the cast after one rehearsal and Rogan was brought in.[1. The switch caused Rogan to work with the show's writers to help develop the character in time before show was set to launch,[2. Rogan befriended fellow cast member Phil Hartman who confided his marital problems to him. Watch Addicted 4Shared. Rogan claimed he tried to persuade Hartman to divorce his wife five times, but "he loved his kids and didn't want to leave". In 1. 99. 8, Hartman was murdered by his wife.[2.

The loss affected Rogan's ability to perform stand- up and cancelled a week of scheduled gigs.[2. Rogan later saw acting as an easy job, but grew tired of "playing the same character every week"[2. He later viewed his time on News. Radio as "a dream gig" that allowed him to earn money while working on his stand- up as often as he could.[1.

During the series he worked on a pilot for a show named Overseas.[2. UFC, comedy specials, and television. Rogan commentating for the UFC in 2.

Rogan began working for the mixed martial arts promotion Ultimate Fighting Championship as a backstage and post- fight interviewer; his first show took place at UFC 1. Judgement Day in Dothan, Alabama on February 7, 1. He became interested in jiu- jitsu in 1. Royce Gracie fight at UFC 2: No Way Out, and landed the position at the organization as Sussman was friends with its co- creator and original producer, Campbell Mc. Laren.[2. 9] He quit after around two years as his salary could not cover the cost of travelling to the events, which were in more rural locations at the time.[3. After the UFC was taken over by Zuffa in 2.

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