Paul Shaffer

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1949-11-28 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Fort William, Ontario, Canada

Paul Shaffer

Biography

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.

Acting

1997

Hercules

as Hermes (voice)

2019

Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice

as Self (archive footage)

2022

1979

Mr. Mike's Mondo Video

as Church of Jack Lord Organist

1996

Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo

as Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)

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

2004

1999

Man on the Moon

as Letterman Band (uncredited)

1988

Scrooged

as Street Musician

2015

A Very Murray Christmas

as Paul Schaffer

1994

The Best of the Blues Brothers

as Himself (archive footage)

2016

Todd Who?

as Himself

2016

1984

This Is Spinal Tap

as Artie Fufkin

2018

1992

1999

Hercules: Zero to Hero

as Hermes (voice) (archive sound)

1980

Gilda Live

as Don Kirshner / Arnie Schnachtman / Student Body President / The Candy Slice Group

2005

Disney Heroes Volume 1

as Hermes (voice)

2018

Bachman

as Self

1990

Look Who's Talking Too

as Taxi Businessman

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Production

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