Joe Rogan
About
Joe Rogan is a comedian known for hosting the reality television series Fear Factor, appearing as a commentator in Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) mixed martial arts competitions and for hosting the regular podcast The Joe Rogan Experience.
Career
In 1994, Rogan was cast as the character Frank Valente in the Fox comedy television show Hardball. Starting in 1995, Rogan appeared as the electrician Joe Garrelli on the comedy television show NewsRadio (shown below, left). In 1997, Rogan began interviewing fighters in the UFC mixed martial arts competition (shown below, right). Rogan subsequently became a color commentary for the company.
In June 2001, Rogan became the host of the reality game show Fear Factor. In 2003, Rogan and comedian Doug Stanhope became the new co-hosts of Comedy Central television show The Man Show.
The Joe Rogan Experience
In December 2009, Rogan began hosting a podcast now titled The Joe Rogan Experience, which features long-form conversations with a variety of guests, including MMA fighters, actors, musicians, authors, artists and scientists.
Online Presence
On June 15th, 2006, YouTuber smurfnation uploaded a clip from Fear Factor, in which Rogan physically restrains a violent contestant (shown below, left). On September 13th, YouTuber TxJake uploaded an audio recording of Rogan discussing his experience with using the psychedelic compound dimethyltryptamine (shown below, right). Within nine years, the videos gained over 8.8 million views and 3.8 million views respectively.
On February 15th, 2007, YouTuber SILO's Silver Screen uploaded footage of Rogan confronting comedian Carlos Mencia for stealing other comedians jokes (shown below). On October 3rd, 2010, the /r/JoeRogan[4] subreddit was launched for discussions about Rogan and his podcast.
Social Media Presence
As of August 2015, the @joerogan Twitter[1] feed has over 1.66 million followers, the Joe Rogan Facebook[3] page upwards of 755,000 likes and the @joerogan Instagram[2] feed has more than 496,000 followers.
