Majumder 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. 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 excessively 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
2003 Heritage Classic NHL outdoor ice-hockey game. In 2006, Majumder won a
Gemini Award for his work on
This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Majumder made a guest appearance on two episodes of the television series
24, playing Hasan Numair. He also played Dr. Freddy Sahgal in the short-lived
Fox TV series
Unhitched, which aired in March 2008. In 2010, Majumder had a guest starring role as Benny Natchie in
Republic of Doyle, and from 2010 to 2011 starred in the American TV series
Detroit 1-8-7 as Detective Vikram Mahajan. In the summer of 2011, Majumder was cast in
The Firm, a Canadian-American co-production, in the recurring role of Andrew Palmer, the lawyer at the firm who befriends
Josh Lucas' character
Mitch McDeere. The show ran for one season. From 2013 to 2014, Majumder starred in the documentary TV series
Majumder Manor, which documented his quest to develop the tourism potential in his picturesque hometown of Burlington, Newfoundland. The show also featured his family, friends, and community. In December 2016, Majumder starred in a controversial satirical short produced by
This Hour Has 22 Minutes, titled "Beige Power", which called for
white supremacists to "embrace the beige" and accept that
humans will all "look the same by the year 3000". The short received mixed reviews, with some criticising it for being racist, and others finding it humorous. In August 2018, Majumder was not hired back for the next season of
This Hour Has 22 Minutes after he sent a letter to the producers with suggestions on the future direction of the show. Citing creative differences with Majumder, the production team chose to cut ties. and the first season of the series was released globally in 2022. ==Personal life==