Shaun Majumder

Shaun Majumder (born 29 January 1972) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his role on This Hour Has 22 Minutes, where he worked from 2003 until 2018, winning a Gemini Award for his work on the series in 2006. His other television credits include Republic of Doyle (2010-2014) and From (2022-present).

Majumder was born in Toronto, Ontario, to Mani Majumder, an Indian father from West Bengal, and Marian Bartlett, a European-Canadian woman from Burlington, Newfoundland, where he was raised. He started his entertainment career as an announcer for the YTV game show CLIPS and hosted the kids' show Brain Wash as the character Ed Brainbin. He often plays an alter ego called Raj Binder, an awkward, nervous Indian reporter, and hosted 15 episodes of the Just for Laughs specials, participating in the comedy festivals in Montreal. He also appeared in Cedric the Entertainer Presents and played Kumar's brother in the 2004 comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.

From 2013 to 2014 he starred in the documentary series Majumder Manor, which followed his quest to develop tourism in his hometown of Burlington, Newfoundland. He made guest appearances on the series 24 and starred in the American TV series Detroit 1-8-7 and The Firm. In December 2016 he starred in a controversial satirical short titled "Beige Power". In 2018 he was not hired back for This Hour Has 22 Minutes after creative differences, and in 2021 he was cast in the science fiction horror series From, whose first season was released in 2022.