Shaun Majumder

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Shaun Majumder (right), in the movie, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle

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

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 simply as Ed. He eventually 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. 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 profusely sweats. He started as part of a feature for Just For Laughs called "Backstage With Binder" where he interviews the comedians after their performance, and has continued on into 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 that the character ruined the photo just for the sake of a TV show.

Shaun stated in an interview on a talk show called 'Urban Rush' that he will have a role on the hit drama series, 24, in which he said that he will play a terrorist.