Shaun Majumder
| Shaun Majumder | |
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| Born |
January 29, 1972 Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Actor, Comedian |
| Spouse(s) | Shelby Fenner (m. 2012) |
Shaun Majumder (born January 29, 1972) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known for his role on This Hour Has 22 Minutes.
Majumder was born in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador to Marian Bartlett, a European-Canadian woman from Newfoundland, and to Mani Majumder, a Bengali Hindu Indian man, originally from West Bengal. His parents split after seven years. Majumder has an older sister named Rani.
Majumder has said that because he was raised by a white mother and around white people, he had no idea he "was anything but white". In his standup acts, he jokes about joining his schoolmates in chanting racist slurs before realizing that he was the victim they were talking about. Majumder was very close to his mother who he says raised them selflessly so that he and his sister were unaware of the extreme poverty in which they lived. His mother died of a heart attack in 2003. Majumder feels a debt of love to Newfoundland which has influenced him and his work, and has given him a rhythm of appreciation for what he has.
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.
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