
Birthday
1949/11/28 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Fort William, Ontario, Canada
Also know as
--
Paul Shaffer is a Canadian musician, composer, vocalist, and band leader, among the highlights being the de facto leader of the early Saturday Night Live house band, and serving for 33 years (1982-2015) as the leader of David Letterman's house band.

(1998) Blues Brothers 2000
as Marco

(1997) Hercules
as Hermes (voice)
(2023) The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story
as Self

(2019) Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)

(1987) The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
as Self

(2022) Finding Sandler
as Self

(1979) Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Church of Jack Lord Organist

(1996) Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo
as Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)

(1978) The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
as ---

(1990) Night of 100 Stars III
as Self

(2005) The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
as Self

(1987) Heartbeat
as Filmmaker's Assistant

(1981) Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
as Self / Jo Jo the Dog-Faced Boy

(2005) Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Blues Brothers Band (archive footage)

(2015) Being Canadian
as Self

(2004) Rockin' Pianos
as Self

(1999) Man on the Moon
as Letterman Band (uncredited)

(1988) Scrooged
as Street Musician

(1990) Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self

(2015) A Very Murray Christmas
as Paul Schaffer

(1994) The Best of the Blues Brothers
as Himself (archive footage)

(2016) Todd Who?
as Himself

(2012) 12-12-12 | The Concert for Sandy Relief
as Self

(2016) Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
as Paul Shaffer

(1984) This Is Spinal Tap
as Artie Fufkin
(1995) The Weinerville New Year's Special: Lost in the Big Apple
as Self

(2017) Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self

(1995) The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show
as Self

(2012) Bachman & Turner - Live at the Roseland Ballroom
as Keyboards

(2018) Love, Gilda
as Self

(1985) Tears Are Not Enough
as Self

(1985) Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas
as ---

(2001) The Concert for New York City
as Self

(2002) The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase
as Self - Host

(2018) Always at The Carlyle
as Self

(1992) A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Out
as Artie Fufkin

(2008) Ray Charles: The Legend Lives On
as Self

(1998) The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
as Self

(2001) America | A Tribute to Heroes
as Self

(1999) Hercules: Zero to Hero
as Hermes (voice) (archive sound)

(2020) Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self

(1980) Gilda Live
as Don Kirshner / Arnie Schnachtman / Student Body President / The Candy Slice Group

(2007) Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
as Self

(2005) Disney Heroes Volume 1
as Hermes (voice)

(2018) Bachman
as Self

(2025) You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self

(2025) Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self

(2025) SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self

(1990) Look Who's Talking Too
as Taxi Businessman

Fats and Friends
as Himself

(2025) Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
as Artie Fufkin

(2018) Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
as ---
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
as Self
(1993) Friends of Gilda
as Himself

(2000) Ed
as Irv Nadler

(1998) Hercules
as Hermes (voice)

(1996) Flash Gordon
as Dr. Zarkov (voice)

(1984) Jeopardy!
as Self
(1977) A Year at the Top
as ---

(1999) Where Are They Now?
as Self

(1999) The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self

(2019) The Masked Singer
as Self - Video Message

(2019) The Masked Singer
as Skeleton (archive footage)

(1999) Mark Twain Prize
as Self

(2019) Paul Shaffer Plus One
as self

(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host

(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

(1956) Tony Awards
as Self - Performer

(1993) Late Show with David Letterman
as Self -Musical Director

(2003) Hope & Faith
as Himself

(1998) Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist

(2006) Second City: First Family of Comedy
as Self

(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self

(1997) The View
as Self

(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self

(2019) The Masked Singer
as Skeleton

(2005) How I Met Your Mother
as Paul Shaffer

(2022) Spector
as Self

(2010) Running Wilde
as Self

(2001) Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Paul Shaffer

(2001) Primetime Glick
as ---

(1979) CBS News Sunday Morning
as Self

(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band