Shaun Majumder

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Shaun Majumder
Errol Sitahal and Shaun Majumder (right), in the movie, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
Born	January 29, 1972 (age 35) Burlington, Newfoundland

Shaun Majumder (born on January 29, 1972 in Burlington, Newfoundland), is a Canadian comedian and actor. His mother is a white Newfoundlander, his father is Indian.

[edit] Biography

He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show CLIPS, and soon was hosting the network's popular morning kids show on called Brain Wash, where he was known as Ed Brainbin. He also hosted the "Slime Tour" segments on the popular game show Uh Oh!. Eventually he joined This Hour Has 22 Minutes in 2003, and also hosted 15 episodes of the Just for Laughs specials on television and participated in the Comedy festivals in Montreal. He was also a star of Cedric the Entertainer Presents, aired in the United States on the Fox network, and appeared in an NFB documentary on aspring Canadian comics, The Next Big Thing. [1]

Majumder has also starred in the CBC comedy pilots Hatching, Matching and Dispatching and Plain Brown Rapper, as well as playing Kumar's brother in the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

Raj Binder at the Heritage Classic outdoor ice-hockey game taking a group photo

Majumder often plays an alter ego called Raj Binder. Binder is an Indian reporter with an accent, who sweats profusely. Binder first appeared in a sketch from a comedy showcase with some former YTV costars called The Bobroom, but gained popularity in a sketch called "Backstage with Binder" for Just for Laughs where he interviews the comedians after their performance. Majumder continues to portray Binder on 22 Minutes.

Majumder caused some minor controversy when "Raj" posed in the MegaStars group picture during the Heritage Classic NHL outdoor ice-hockey game. This was seen as offensive because the photo was meant to be a memorable picture used to celebrate a historic occasion, the first outdoor hockey game in the history of the NHL. Many people believed^{[citation needed]} that the character ruined the photo just for the sake of a TV show.

Majumder made a guest appearance on two episodes of the television series 24, playing a terrorist nuclear technician working for Abu Fayed.

Majumder also made another appearance on CBC television's Test the Nation, Canada's national IQ test. He represented as one of the 6 celebrities in the TV studio and came in with the top score in the Celebrity team.