Baburaj started his acting career as a junior artist. His debut in
Malayalam was
Bheesmacharya (1994), directed by
Cochin Haneefa, where he played a notorious villain. He also acted as a villain in the
Hindi movie,
Hulchul (2004), which was a remake of the 1991 Malayalam blockbuster,
Godfather. He produced four Malayalam movies and one
Tamil movie. In 2009, he debuted as a director in the Malayalam movie
Black Dalia, starring Himself and
Suresh Gopi in lead. He also directed the movie
Manushyamrugam, starring Himself and
Prithviraj Sukumaran in lead. His wife produced the movie. In 2011, he did a comedy role in ''
Salt N' Pepper, directed by Aashiq Abu. With this comedy role in Salt N' Pepper
, he became one of the busiest actors in Malayalam cinema. He did one of the lead role in the crime thriller Manushyamrugam after the success of Salt N' Pepper
. He did comedy roles in films such as Ordinary and Mayamohini. Apart from this, he was a lead actor in films such as Naughty Professor and DYSP Sankunni Uncle
. Baburaj did a lead role in the 2017 comedy movie Honey Bee 2: Celebrations followed by Thrissivaperoor Kliptham'', where he did the antagonist role. Baburaj's true potential to do the character roles was revealed with the film
Koodasha. In this suspense revenge thriller film, he played the role of a father who seeks revenge against the persons killed his daughter. Baburaj's performance as
Panakkal Jomon in the crime drama
Joji (2021) was highly appreciated by the critics. In 2021, he directed the comedy movie
Black Coffee, which is a spin-off to ''Salt N' Pepper''. ==Awards and nominations==