Birthday: Nov 28, 1949
Place of Birth: Fort William, Ontario, Canada

Paul Shaffer

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.

Filmography

Movie	Cast	Year
Blues Brothers 2000	Marco	1998
Hercules	Hermes (voice)	1997
The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story	Self	2023
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice	Self (archive footage)	2019
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki	Self	1987
Finding Sandler	Self	2022
David Letterman: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize	Self	2017
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary Special	Self	2015
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video	Church of Jack Lord Organist	1979
Bill Murray: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize	Self	2016
Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo	Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)	1996
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland		1978
Night of 100 Stars III	Self	1990
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music	Self	2005
Heartbeat	Filmmaker's Assistant	1987
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever	Self / Jo Jo the Dog-Faced Boy	1981
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd	Blues Brothers Band (archive footage)	2005
Being Canadian	Self	2015
Rockin' Pianos	Himself	2004
Man on the Moon	Letterman Band (uncredited)	1999
Scrooged	Street Musician	1988
Seriously... Phil Collins	Self	1990
A Very Murray Christmas	Paul Schaffer	2015
The Best of the Blues Brothers	Himself (archive footage)	1994
Todd Who?	Himself	2016
12-12-12 \| The Concert for Sandy Relief	Self	2012
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens	Paul Shaffer	2016
This Is Spinal Tap	Artie Fufkin	1984
The Weinerville New Year's Special: Lost in the Big Apple	Self	1995
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs	Self	2017
The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show	Self	1995
Bachman & Turner - Live at the Roseland Ballroom	Keyboards	2012
Love, Gilda	Self	2018
Tears Are Not Enough	Self	1985
Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas		1985
The Concert for New York City	Self	2001
The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase	Self - Host	2002
Always at The Carlyle	Self	2018
The Return of Spinal Tap	Artie Fufkin	1992
Ray Charles: The Legend Lives On	Himself	2008
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'	Self	1998
America \| A Tribute to Heroes	Self	2001
Hercules: Zero to Hero	Hermes (voice) (archive sound)	1999
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man	Self	2020
Disney Heroes Volume 1	Hermes (voice)	2005
Gilda Live	Don Kirshner / Arnie Schnachtman / Student Body President / The Candy Slice Group	1980
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary	Self	2007
Bachman	Self	2018
Godspell 2025		1970
Series	Cast	Year
Ed	Irv Nadler	2000
Hercules	Hermes (voice)	1998
Flash Gordon		1996
Jeopardy!		1984
A Year at the Top		1977
Schitt's Creek	Paul Shaffer	2015
Where Are They Now?	Self	1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self	1999
The Masked Singer	Self - Video Message	2019
The Masked Singer	Skeleton (archive footage)	2019
Mark Twain Prize	Self	1999
Paul Shaffer Plus One	self	2019
Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	1975
Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	1975
Tony Awards	Self - Performer	1956
Late Show with David Letterman	Self -Musical Director	1993
Hope & Faith	Himself	2003
Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	1998
Second City: First Family of Comedy	Self	2006
The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	2019
The View	Self	1997
Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	2009
The Masked Singer	Skeleton	2019
Saturday Night Live	Self / Various	1975
How I Met Your Mother	Paul Shaffer	2005
Spector	Self	2022
Running Wilde	Self	2010
Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Paul Shaffer	2001
Primetime Glick		2001
Saturday Night Live	Self	1975
CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	1979

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