Shaun Majumder
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Shaun Majumder (born January 29, 1972) is a Canadian comedian and actor.
[edit] Life and career
Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador to a European descended mother from Newfoundland and a Hindu Bengali Indian father. 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 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 aspiring Canadian comics, The Next Big Thing.[1]
Majumder has also starred in the CBC comedy pilot Hatching, Matching and Dispatching and the short film Plain Brown Rapper, as well as playing Kumar's brother in the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
Majumder often plays an alter ego called Raj Binder. Binder is an awkward, nervous and usually sweaty Indian reporter with a strong accent. Binder first appeared in a sketch from a comedy showcase with some former YTV costars called The Bobroom, and also appeared on Just For Laughs and This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Majumder caused some minor controversy when "Raj" posed in the MegaStars group picture during the Heritage Classic NHL outdoor ice-hockey game.[when?][citation needed]
Majumder made a guest appearance on two episodes of the television series 24, playing Hasan Numair. He also played Dr. Freddy Sahgal in the Fox TV series Unhitched, but the show was cancelled in May, 2008.
He had a guest starring role as Benny Natchie on the January 6, 2010 episode of Canadian television series, Republic of Doyle, as well as stars as Detective Vikram Mahajan[2] on the ABC drama Detroit 1-8-7.
Majumder was added in a recurring role as Andrew Palmer in The Firm.[3][4]
[edit] References
- ^ NFB - Collection - The Next Big Thing - DVD
- ^ http://abc.go.com/shows/detroit-1-8-7/bio/det-vikram-mahajan/542186
- ^ "Battlestar Galactica Babe Tricia Helfer to Appear in THE FIRM". DaemonsTV. 2011-08-19. http://www.daemonstv.com/2011/08/19/battlestar-galactica-babe-tricia-helfer-to-appear-in-the-firm/. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
- ^ Goldberg, Lesley (2011-08-22). "'The Firm': 'Battlestar Galactica,' 'Detroit 187' Duo to Recur: Tricia Helfer and Shaun Majumder join the NBC adaptation of the 1993 feature film.". The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/firm-battlestar-galactica-detroit-187-225870. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
