Joe Rogan

At 56 years old, Joe Rogan has this physical status:

Career

Rogan had no intention of being a professional stand-up comedian and had initially intended on a career in kickboxing. He was a fan of comedies from a youth, and comedian Richard Pryor's film Live on the Sunset Strip affected him "in such a profound way." Nothing had made me laugh like that." Rogan's fellows from gym and Taekwondo college, who would make a comeback with ill-attitudes and quips, persuaded him to try stand-up comedy. He appeared at 21 years old on August 27, 1988, at an open-mic night at a Stitches comedy club in Boston, after six months of planning and performing his first stand-up routine.

Rogan lived in Boston and worked on his stand-up, including teaching martial arts at Boston University and in Revere, Massachusetts, driving a limousine, and doing investigative work. Likewise, his blue comedy style gained him gigs at bachelor parties and strip clubs. Rogan begged the owner of a comedy bar in Boston to encourage him to try a new, five-minute routine one night. Jeff Sussman, a talent manager who loved Rogan's appearance and offered to become his boss, was on the show. Sussman accepted Rogan's bid.

Rogan moved to New York City in 1990. He was "scratching and grinding" for money and spent his first six months in Newark as a full-time comedian. Richard Jeni, Lenny Bruce, Sam Kinison, and Bill Hicks were all cited as comedy influences later in his career.

Rogan moved to Los Angeles in 1994, where he first national television spot was based on MTV's comedy program Half-Hour Comedy Hour. The network gave him a three-year exclusive contract as well as a spot in a pilot episode of a "dopey game show" for $500. Rogan declined, but Sussman was compelled to give tapes of Rogan's performances to many networks, sparking a bidding war. Rogan accepted a Disney network development contract after a lengthy period of negotiations. Frank Valente, a young, egocentric star of a professional baseball team, made his first major acting appearance in the 1994-19 Nine-Episode Fox sitcom Hardball series as Frank Valente, a young, egocentric protagonist on a professional baseball team. Rogan called the recruiting process "weird," as the network had no idea if he'd act before being asked by Dean Valentine, then-president of Walt Disney Television, to whom he replied: "If you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act." Rogan's new role, as she began to work 12-hour days, was a new one for him. "It was a great show on paper until Fox hired a poor executive producer with a big ego to run the show and rewrote it," Rogan later said. Rogan began performing at The Comedy Store in Hollywood and was recruited by owner Mitzi Shore as a paid regular. He stayed at the club for the next 13 years, both for free and paid for the club's new sound system.

Rogan appeared on NBC sitcom NewsRadio as Joe Garrelli, an electrician and handyman at the show's fictional news radio station from 1995 to 1999. The role was supposed to be played by actor Ray Romano, but after one rehearsal and Rogan was brought in, Romano was forced to leave the cast. Rogan was inspired by the change to help develop the character before the show's writers to introduce it, which he later described as a "very dumbed-down, censored version" of himself. Rogan befriended fellow cast member Phil Hartman, who admitted to him his marital problems. Rogan attempted to convince Hartman to divorce his wife five times, but "he loved his children and didn't want to leave." Hartman was killed by his wife in 1998. Rogan's ability to perform stand-up was harmed by the loss, and he cancelled a week of planned gigs. Rogan later found acting as a simple job, but after getting tired of "playing the same character every week," she began to doubt the expense. He later described his time on NewsRadio as "a dream job" that allowed him to make money while doing his stand-up as often as he could. He appeared on a pilot for a show called Overseas during the series.

Rogan began working with the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a backstage and post-fight reporter. On February 7, 1997, his first show took place at UFC 12: Judgement Day in Dothan, Alabama. After watching Royce Gracie fight in UFC 2: No Way Out, Sussman began to take the role as Sussman, the company's co-creator and original producer, Campbell McLaren, became interested in Brazilian jiujitsu. He resigned after two years because his income wasn't sufficient to pay for the trips, which were often held in rural locations at the time.

Rogan attended several functions and became acquainted with its new president Dana White, who gave him a job as a color commentator after Zuffa took over the UFC in 2001. However, Rogan initially refused because he "just wanted to fight and drink." In 2002, White was able to enrol Rogan for free in exchange for prime event tickets for him and his family. Rogan accepted compensation for the job after 15 free gigs as a commentator, and continued to work with Mike Goldberg until the end of 2016. Rogan received the Best Television Announcer Award twice, and the World MMA Awards named him MMA Personality of the Year four times.

Rogan landed a three-album contract with Warner Bros. Records in 1999, and began to appear in his own prime-time televised sitcom called The Joe Rogan Show on Fox. Rogan will be on display at the View-style women's show, co-written by Seinfeld writer Bill Masters. In December 1999, he recorded his first stand-up comedy album in two shows at the Comedy Connection in Boston, which was published as I'm Gonna Be Dead Some Day... in August 2000. The Howard Stern Show and downloads from Napster have received national attention. After Warner suggested that they should produce a song that could play on the radio, Rogan wrote "Voodoo Punanny," a song Rogan wrote, "Voodoo Punanny" was later released as a single. Around this time, Rogan collaborated on scripts and a cartoon with his comedian buddy Chris McGuire, and began to write a blog on his website, JoeRogan.net, which he used to address various topics that inspired him to develop his stand-up routines.

Rogan's television show was interrupted in 2001 after he accepted an invitation from NBC to host the American version of Fear Factor. He initially refused because he suspected the network would not air such a program due to its content, but Sussman persuaded him to accept. Later, Rogan said that the main reason he accepted was to acquire observations and anecdotes for his stand-up comedy. Rogan's national exposure soared, prompting turnouts at his stand-up gigs to rise. Fear Factor was on display for the first six seasons from 2001 to 2006.

Rogan's appearance on Fear Factor opened new television roles. He appeared on Just Shoot Me as Chris on episode "A Beautiful Mind" as Chris, the boyfriend of lead character Maya Gallo. Rogan was the emcee for the 2002 Blockbuster Hollywood Spectacular, a Christmas parade in Hollywood, and he was born in December 2002. Following the departure of original hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla, Rogan became the new co-host of The Man Show on Comedy Central's fifth season from August 2003, with fellow comedian Doug Stanhope. However, a year into the show, the hosts began having issues with Comedy Central and the show's creators over content. "I was a little mistaken," Rogan said. I was told, 'How nudity, and we'll blurt it out.' We'll bleep it out if we wear it.' That hasn't been the case. In 2004, the show came to an end. Around this time, Rogan started to host his own radio show, but they were unable to do so due to his already cramming schedule.

Wesley Snipes, an actor from 2005, shocked Rogan to a cage fight. Following an investigation by the IRS into suspected tax evasion, Rogan prepared for the case for five months before Snipes pulled out. Snipes, Rogan said, needed a quick payout to eliminate his debt.

Rogan's career began with his stand-up comedy, after Fear Factor, as television had made him feel ill and uninspired to work on fresh material for his act. Rogan employed two people full time to film him and his comedy coworkers on tour, as well as video clips from his JoeShow web series, to capture him and his comedy coworkers on tour. Rogan signed a deal with Endeavor Talent Agency in May 2005. Joe Rogan: Live in Phoenix, Arizona, two months later, he directed his second stand-up comedy special, Joe Rogan: Live. In 2007, the special premiered on Showtime.

Rogan's 2005 blog post accusing comedian Carlos Mencia of joke theft, a charge he hadn't made since 1993. On stage at The Comedy Store in Hollywood in February 2007, Rogan confronted Mencia. A video of the incident was posted on YouTube and featured evidence and remarks from other comedians, including George Lopez, "The Reverend" Bob Levy, Bobby Lee, and Ari Shaffir. Rogan's talent agent denied him as a client of The Gersh Agency, as well as his ban from The Comedy Store, prompting him to relocate his regular venue to the Hollywood Improv Comedy Club. Rogan later said that every comic he had talked to was happy and grateful that he did it, and that he went on to sign with William Morris Agency. In 2013, Rogan returned to The Comedy Store to help Shaffir during the filming of his first film.

Shiny Happy Jihad, Rogan's fourth comedy special, was released by Comedy Central Records in April 2007. The set was recorded in San Francisco, California, in September, and it includes excerpts of an improvised Q&A session with the audience that was typical of Rogan's show at the time.

In My Head, Rogan hosted the short-lived CBS show Game Show in My Head, which aired for eight episodes in January 2009. Ashton Kutcher created it. Contestants had to convince people to participate or take part in increasingly bizarre situations for money. He agreed to host the show as the idea piqued him, calling it "a completely mindless form of entertainment."

In 2010, Rogan accused comedian Dane Cook of parodying.

In 2011, Rogan reprised his role as the Fear Factor host for its seventh and final season (until 2012). Rogan took the job because he "would hate to see someone else do it." In the comedy film Zookeeper, Rogan played Gale, his first big film character. Around the time he first began writing Irresponsible Advice from a Man with No Credibility, based on his blog entries, he was also working on a book. In Here Comes the Boom, Kevin James' second action-comedy film that was released in 2012, Rogan appeared himself.

Following Louis C.K., Rogan's sixth comedy special Live from the Tabernacle was released on his website as a download. 's example.'

On the SyFy network, Rogan hosted Joe Rogan Questions Everything, which aired for six episodes. The show featured topics from Bigfoot to UFOs, as well as scientists, researchers, and scientists with the intention of "putting some subjects to bed... with an open-minded outlook." SyFy also agreed to produce the program without a pilot episode. Rogan was given some creative control over the program and wanted to share it in his own words when possible.

In December 2009, Rogan began a free podcast with his buddy and fellow comedian Brian Redban. On December 24, the first episode was broadcast on Ustream, with Rogan and Redban "sitting in front of laptops yelling." By August 2010, the Joe Rogan Experience had been listed on iTunes' Top 100 podcasts, and SiriusXM Satellite Radio picked up the podcast in 2011. A number of guests appear on the podcast to address current events, politics, ethics, comedy, hobbies, and a variety of other topics. The podcast was downloaded over 11 million times in January 2015. The podcast had been downloaded 16 million times per month as a result of October's launch in October this year, making it one of the most popular free podcasts.

On May 19, 2020, Rogan revealed that he had signed a multi-year license agreement with Spotify, worth $100 million, making it one of the most significant licensing arrangements in the podcast industry. The Joe Rogan Experience will be available on Spotify from September 1, 2020, and January 2021 will be the exclusive on the site. Both audio and video are included in the Spotify app, but video is no longer accessible or posted to YouTube. The podcasts are typically released one day after recording to allow the artists time to make clips of the show. Clips from the video version will continue to be available on YouTube. Due to some of the episodes' being described as having racist and insensitive words, Spotify deleted 113 episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience in February 2022.

Rogan, a co-founder of Onnit, a vitamins and fitness firm that was sold to Unilever in 2021. On his podcast, Rogan often advertises for Onnit products.

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Awards and honors

• Teen Choice Award
  • Choice TV Reality/Variety Host for Fear Factor (2003, Nominated)
• World MMA Awards
  • 2011 MMA Personality of the Year
  • 2012 MMA Personality of the Year
  • 2014 MMA Personality of the Year
  • 2015 MMA Personality of the Year
  • 2016 MMA Personality of the Year
  • 2017 MMA Personality of the Year
  • 2019 – July 2020 MMA Personality of the Year
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Best Television Announcer (2010, 2011)