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Joseph James "Joe" Rogan (born August 11, 1967) is an American martial artist, stand-up comedian, actor, writer and color commentator. He is best known for playing Joe Garrelli on the NBC sitcom NewsRadio, commentating for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, hosting the NBC reality show Fear Factor and The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.
Rogan was born in Newark, New Jersey. His paternal grandfather was Irish and the remainder of his ancestry is Italian.
In 1981, at age fourteen, he became a practitioner of Kenpo Karate before transitioning to Taekwondo. He eventually gained a 2nd dan black belt. A four-time state champion in Massachusetts, in 1987 he was the USA Taekwondo U.S. Open Champion. In 1996, he began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Jean Jacques Machado, eventually earning his brown belt. In addition, he holds a brown belt in 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu under Eddie Bravo.
He also practiced and competed in kickboxing.
In 1994, he co-starred on the Fox comedy Hardball as Frank Valente, the young, ego-centric star player on a fictional professional baseball team. From 1995 to 1999, he co-starred on the comedy NewsRadio. He portrayed Joe Garrelli, the electrician at WNYX, a news radio station in New York City. In 2002, he appeared on the episode "A Beautiful Mind" of Just Shoot Me as Chris, Maya Gallo's boyfriend. In 2011, Rogan played his first major character in a movie in the Kevin James movie Zookeeper. He is slated to play himself in an upcoming action-comedy starring Kevin James called Here Comes the Boom, set to be released in the summer of 2012.
Down and lost again,
intetions through the door.
Eyes now with some red
It's swollen evermore.
Vision fading fast
You are what I picked.
Said I lost again
That you would have stayed
you would have stayed
Don't turn your head so hard
or all your dreams might slip away
You're just like me.
I already said too much
And I was on my knees.
It's on and on again
Nothing new this day
Take your bottles down
Maybe you should have stayed
you said I lost again
then you would have stayed
You would have stayed
don't turn your head so hard
or all your dreams might slip away
you're just like me
And when I look in your eyes
It's not what I wanna see
But it's all I'll have
And I want a starry night
To push you screaming out of my head
For one last kiss
Just give me one last kiss
Just give me one last kiss
Down and lost again
Intentions through the door
Eyes now with some red
Swollen evermore
Vision fading fast
You I would have picked
Said I lost again
And then you would have stayed
I would have stayed
don't turn your head so hard
or all your dreams might slip away
you're just like me
And when I look in your eyes
It's not what I wanna see
But it's all I'll have
And I want a starry night
To push you screaming out of my head
for one last kiss
Just give me one last kiss