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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|8|11}}
| birth_place = [[Newark, New Jersey]], U.S.
| alma_mater = [[University of Massachusetts Boston]] (did not graduate)
| residence = [[Bell Canyon, California]], U.S.
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== Early life ==
Joseph James Rogan<ref name="rogan2011">{{cite web|author= |url=http://vimeo.com/26140599 |title=The Joe Rogan Experience Video Blog, Episode 8 on Vimeo |website=Vimeo.com |date=July 7, 2011 |accessdate=March 3, 2016}}</ref> was born on August 11, 1967, in [[Newark, New Jersey]],<ref name=schneider2002/> the place where his grandfather moved his family in the 1940s.<ref name=rogan2007/> He is of one-quarter [[Irish people|Irish]] and three-quarters [[Italians|Italian]] descent.<ref name="roganancestry">{{cite web|author= |url=https://twitter.com/joerogan/statuses/84685015119708160 |title=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." |publisher=Twitter |date=June 25, 2011 |accessdate=March 3, 2016}}</ref> His father, Joseph, worked as a police officer in Newark. At five years of age, Rogan's parents divorced,<ref name=rollingstone2015/> 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."<ref name=rollingstone2015/> At seven, Rogan and the family moved to [[San Francisco, California]],<ref name=rollingstone2015/> followed by another move when he was 11 to [[Gainesville, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duUJwgBSVNU|title=Joe Rogan on retiring the word "faggot"|first=Joe|last=Rogan|publisher=Youtube|date=November 27, 2010|accessdate=November 13, 2013}}</ref> They settled in [[Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts]], where Rogan attended [[Newton South High School]]<ref name=boston2008>{{cite web|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2008/09/12/qa_with_joe_rogan/|title=Q&A with Joe Rogan|date=September 11, 2008|first=Nick A.|last=Zaino III|work=Boston Globe|accessdate=May 29, 2016}}</ref><ref name=boston1997>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-8407116.html|title='NewsRadio' flash: Local boy makes good Joe Rogan revels in new-found fame|first=Renee|last=Graham|date=5 February 1997|newspaper=The Boston Globe|accessdate=3 February 2016|via=Highbeam Research|subscription=yes}}</ref>
Rogan participated in [[Little League Baseball]] but developed an interest in [[martial arts]] in his early teens<ref name=chicago1994>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4252441.html|title=Fox Pitches a New Comedy To Hard-Luck Baseball Fans|first=Georgette|last=Gouveia|date=15 October 1994|newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|accessdate=3 February 2016|via=Highbeam Research|subscription=yes}}</ref> as "it was really the first thing that ever gave me hope that I wasn't going to be a loser. So I really, really gravitated toward it".<ref name=carnell>{{cite web|url=https://thom-carnell.squarespace.com/writing-samples/2016/1/24/interview-joe-rogan|title=Interview: Joe Rogan (January 2011)|date=24 January 2016|first=Thom|last=Carnell|publisher=Thom Carnell|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> At fourteen, he took up [[karate]]<ref name=rollingstone2015/> and began to compete in [[taekwondo]] competitions.<ref name=schneider2002>{{Cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89sDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT53&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Joe Rogan|first=Ryan|last=Schneider|date=December 2002|magazine=Black Belt|pages=54–59|issn=0277-3066|volume=40|issue=12|accessdate=May 29, 2016}}</ref> At nineteen, he won a US Open Championship tournament as a lightweight.<ref name=globe2001/> {{Disputed inline|The accuracy of this claim is in question as it needs more detail as to the type of competition won.|date=February 2017}}He was a Massachusetts full-contact state champion for four consecutive years and became an instructor in the sport.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> Rogan also practiced amateur [[kickboxing]], and held a 2–1 record.<ref name="tmz.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/person/joe-rogan/|title=Joe Rogan|date=December 18, 2013|work=tmz.com|accessdate=August 24, 2015}}</ref> Rogan retired from competition at 21 as he began to suffer from frequent headaches and feared worse injuries.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=rollingstone2015/> He attended [[University of Massachusetts Boston]] but found it pointless and dropped out before he could graduate.<ref name=rollingstone2015/>
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=== 1988–1999: Early comedy career and sitcoms ===
{{Quote box|width=25em|bgcolor=#c6dbf7|style=padding:10px;|align=right|"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."| source =—Joe Rogan on his career.<ref name=herald2009/>}}
Rogan had no intention of being a professional stand-up comedian and initially considered a career in kickboxing.<ref name=shecky/><ref name=herald1999/> He was a fan of comedy as a youngster and his parents took him to see comedian [[Richard Pryor]]'s film ''[[Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (film)|Live on the Sunset Strip]]''
In 1994, Rogan relocated to [[Los Angeles]] as it presented more career opportunities.<ref name=rollingstone2015/> His first national television spot followed on the [[MTV]] comedy show ''Half-Hour Comedy Hour''.<ref name=schneider2002/> 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 $500. Rogan declined, but it prompted Sussman to send tapes of Rogan's performances to several networks which sparked a bidding war.<ref name=shecky/> After a period of negotiations, Rogan accepted a [[Artist development deal|development deal]] with the [[Disney]] network. He secured his first major acting role in the 1994 nine-episode [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] sitcom ''[[Hardball (1994 TV series)|Hardball]]'' as Frank Valente, a young, ego-centric star player on a professional baseball team.<ref name=shecky/> 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".<ref name=shecky/> The filming schedule was a new experience for Rogan who started to work 12-hour days and among people.<ref name=chicago1994/> 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."<ref name=shecky/> 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 13 years for free, and paid for the venue's new sound system.<ref name=rogan20070323/>
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=== 1997–2005: UFC, comedy specials, and television ===
[[File:JoeRogan-USMCPhoto-Cropped.PNG|thumb|right|upright|Rogan commentating for the UFC in 2006.]]
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 12|UFC 12: Judgement Day]]'' in [[Dothan, Alabama]] on February 7, 1997.<ref name=cagepotato>{{cite web|url=http://www.cagepotato.com/exclusive-interview-joe-rogan/|title=Exclusive Interview: Joe Rogan|date=30 January 2009|publisher=CagePotato|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> He became interested in [[jiu-jitsu]] in 1994 after watching [[Royce Gracie]] fight at ''[[UFC 2|UFC 2: No Way Out]]'', and landed the position at the organization as Sussman was friends with its co-creator and original producer, [[Campbell McLaren]].<ref name=bullz2007/> 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.<ref name=si2012>{{cite web|url=
In 1999, Rogan secured a three-album deal with [[Warner Bros. Records]] and began tentative plans to star in his own prime-time television sitcom on Fox named ''The Joe Rogan Show''.<ref name=herald1999>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165412.html|title=No pain, no gain says Hub's Rogan|first=Robin|last=Vaughan|date=10 December 1999|newspaper=The Boston Herald|accessdate=3 February 2016|via=Highbeam Research|subscription=yes}}</ref> The show, co-written by ''[[Seinfeld]]'' writer Bill Masters, was to feature Rogan as "a second-string sportscaster who lands a spot as the token male on a ''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|View]]''-style women's show".<ref name=herald2000>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-65288380.html|title=Comic cleans up|first=Robin|last=Vaughan|date=18 September 2000|newspaper=The Boston Herald|accessdate=3 February 2016|via=Highbeam Research|subscription=yes}}</ref> In December 1999, he recorded his first stand-up comedy album in two shows at the Comedy Connection at [[Faneuil Hall]] in Boston,<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-58165714.html|title=Grieving Leary to skip benefit|first1=Gayle|last1=Fee|first2=Laura|last2=Raposa|date=12 December 1999|newspaper=The Boston Herald|accessdate=3 February 2016|via=Highbeam Research|subscription=yes}}</ref> which was used in his first comedy album ''I'm Gonna Be Dead Some Day...'', released in August 2000.<ref name=schneider2002/><ref name=shecky/> The album was played regularly on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' and the [[Napster]] music service.<ref name=chicago2000>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-08-25/entertainment/0008250283_1_most-requested-radio-station-dom-irrera|title=Joe Rogan speaks his uncensored mind|date=25 August 2000|first=Allan|last=Johnson|work=Chicago Tribune|accessdate=3 February 2017}}</ref> It contains "Voodoo Punanny", a song he wrote after Warner suggested something they could play on the radio. It was subsequently released as a single.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Voodoo Punanny|year=2000|publisher=Warner Bros. Records|people=Rogan, Joe|id=9 44930-2}}</ref> Around this time, Rogan also worked on ideas for a film and a cartoon with his comedian friend Chris McGuire,<ref name=globe1999/><ref name=shecky/> and began to operate a blog on his website JoeRogan.net, which he used to discuss various topics that helped him develop his stand-up routines.<ref name=oc2008/>
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=== 2005–present: Later career and podcast ===
In 2005, actor [[Wesley Snipes]] challenged Rogan to a cage fight. Rogan trained for the event for five months before Snipes backed out following an investigation by the [[IRS]] for his alleged tax evasion. Rogan believed Snipes needed a quick payout to alleviate his debt.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mensfitness.com/leisure/entertainment/ufc-host-joe-rogan-trains-like-a-fighter|title=UFC Host Joe Rogan Trains Like a Fighter|work=Men's Fitness|accessdate=December 2, 2013|first=Sean|last=Hyson}}</ref> In May 2005, Rogan signed a deal with the [[Endeavor Talent Agency]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-133186514.html|title=Joe Rogan|date=27 May 2005|magazine=Daily Variety|first=Justin|last=Chang|accessdate=3 February 2016|via=Highbeam Research|subscription=yes}}</ref> Two months later, he used money he earned from hosting ''Fear Factor'' to film his second stand-up comedy special ''Joe Rogan: Live'', in [[Phoenix, Arizona]]. The special premiered on ''[[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]]'' in 2007.<ref name=rocky2007/> Rogan hired a camera crew to document his comedy tours which he posted on his website for his ''Joe Show'' web series.<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=
In 2005, Rogan wrote a blog entry on his website accusing comedian [[Carlos Mencia]] of [[joke thievery]], a claim he had made since 1993,<ref name=comedycouch/> and dubbed him "Carlos Menstealia".<ref>{{cite newspaper|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-27022136.html|title=Carlos Mencia|date=22 October 2006|newspaper=Arizona Daily Star|first= Cathalena E.|last=Burch|accessdate=3 February 2016|via=Highbeam Research|subscription=yes}}</ref><ref name=dallas2010/> The situation culminated in February 2007 when Rogan confronted Mencia on stage at [[The Comedy Store]] in Hollywood.<ref name="Raustiala">Raustiala, Kal; Sprigman, Chris (March 30, 2010). [http://www.freakonomics.com/2010/03/30/the-vigilantes-of-comedy-a-guest-post/ The Vigilantes of Comedy.] ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> A video of the incident was uploaded onto [[YouTube]] and included evidence and comments from other comedians, including [[George Lopez]], [[Bob Levy (comedian)|"The Reverend" Bob Levy]], [[Bobby Lee]] and [[Ari Shaffir]].<ref name="Lussier">Lussier, Germain (February 15, 2007).[http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070215/ENTERTAIN/70215009 Joe Rogan and Carlos Mencia face off at comedy club.] ''[[Times Herald-Record]]''</ref> The incident led to Rogan's talent agent booting him as a client of [[The Gersh Agency]], who also managed Mencia, and his ban from The Comedy Store, causing him to relocate his regular venue to the [[The Improv|Hollywood Improv Comedy Club]]. Rogan later said that every single comic he had talked to was so happy and thankful he did it,<ref name=rocky2007/> and signed with [[William Morris Agency]] five minutes later.<ref name=rogan20070323>{{cite web|url=http://joerogan.net/blog/long-live-the-idea-of-the-comedy-store-the-last-word|title=Long Live the Idea of The Comedy Store, The Last Word.|publisher=JoeRogan.net|date=23 March 2007|first=Joe|last=Rogan|accessdate=5 February 2017}}</ref> Rogan returned to The Comedy Store in 2013 when he supported Shaffir in the filming of his first special.
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