In the US sports world there are stars who are famous not only for their victories in the ring, in the cage or on the mat as martial artists, but also those who managed to become famous as a journalist and presenter. One of these well-known sports commentators is Joe Rogan, whose performance many viewers look forward to almost every weekend. We will talk about this person in the article.
Basic information
Rogan Joe was born on August 11, 1967 in New Jersey, Newark. When our hero was five years old, his father, who worked as a policeman, left the family. In this regard, the guy's mom was forced to move to California, later to Florida and ultimately to Massachusetts.
As a child, Joe was actively fond of baseball and was even a member of one of the junior league teams. But at a certain moment, the young man realized that he had to be able to stand up for himself, and began to actively engage in karate, and after a while, taekwondo, in which he achieved significant success. It was in this martial art that Rogan Joe reached the championship title of the OpenU. S. Lightweight Championships and was the best in Massachusetts four times.
In his younger years, Joe also mastered kickboxing techniques, thanks to which he was even an instructor for some time. However, despite all his achievements and excellent skills, yet Rogan was forced to end his career as a fighter due to frequent headaches.
After that, he became a student at Massachusetts State University, but dropped out and moved into show business.
World of humor
August 27, 1988 Rogan Joe first performed in the stand-up show Stitches comedy club, and eventually began to hone his acting skills at bachelor parties in various strip clubs. During one of the performances, the guy was noticed by a producer from New York and invited him to a more serious project.
Joe's first major television work was the sitcom Hardball. In parallel, he also worked in the Comedy Store project in Hollywood.
Followed by a whole series of successful work on television, and as a result, Rogan became the host of an extreme show called "Fear Factor". Initially, Joe doubted the success of this TV project, but over time, its popularity became simply crazy, and the performances of the comedian himself always collected a full house in the halls.
Rogan Joe for some time combined acting with work on television, and in 2007 he shot a video version of the stand-up comedy Joe Rogan: Live, in Phoenix. In addition, the American gained notoriety after he accusedCarlos Mencia in Stealing Jokes. Their conflict ended up on YouTube, and therefore Joe was banned from performing at the club.
Also, in January 2009, Rogan became the host of Ashton Kutcher's Game Show in My Head, where Joe handed out comic tasks to project participants. Over time, the former martial artist called the broadcast a rather pointless, but very fun form of entertainment for people.
Own work
In 2013, Joe released six episodes of Joe Rogan Questions Everything, in which he invited various famous people to the studio and discussed interesting topics with them. In one of the episodes, Rogan invited Elon Musk, the CEO of the Tesla concern, to drink whiskey and smoke marijuana live, while simultaneously having a conversation on the topic of artificial intelligence and electric planes.
From 2014 to 2016, Joe filmed two more stand-up performances and appeared in two more films in 2017-2018.
Sports presenter
In 1997, Rogan made a very successful debut in the UFC as a backstage journalist interviewing this popular fight show. Two years later, he quit. However, in 2002, Dana White persuaded Joe to return to the post of presenter, which eventually led to the fact that he was recognized four times as "Man of the Year" at the World MMA Awards.
Joe Rogan's podcast is very popular these days, where he comments on many interesting facts from the world of mixed martial arts.
Marital status
In 2009, the hero of the article married a woman named Jessica Ditzel, who then worked as a waitress. Joe Rogan's wife bore him two daughters. The family lived for some time in Colorado, but then moved to California. The presenter himself does not like to advertise any details of his personal life, although he maintains a page on Instagram and other social networks. Interesting fact: the comedian and sportsman is the bearer of the Japanese ornament on the right side of the body.
