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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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Fort William, Ontario, Canada, 1949-11-28

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland		64
2	1979	Mr. Mike's Mondo Video	Church of Jack Lord Organist	50
3	1980	Gilda Live	Don Kirshner / Arnie Schnachtman / Student Body President / The Candy Slice Group	60
4	1981	Steve Martin's Best Show Ever	Self / Jo Jo the Dog-Faced Boy	67
5	1984	This Is Spinal Tap	Artie Fufkin	74
6	1985	Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas		90
7	1985	Tears Are Not Enough	Self	60
8	1987	The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki	Self	0
9	1987	Heartbeat	Filmmaker's Assistant	55
10	1988	Scrooged	Street Musician	68
11	1990	Night of 100 Stars III	Self	40
12	1990	Seriously... Phil Collins	Self	0
13	1990	Look Who's Talking Too	Taxi Businessman	55
14	1992	The Return of Spinal Tap	Artie Fufkin	64
15	1994	The Best of the Blues Brothers	Himself (archive footage)	58
16	1995	The Show Formerly Known as the Martin Short Show	Self	80
17	1995	The Weinerville New Year's Special: Lost in the Big Apple	Self	0
18	1996	Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo	Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)	30
19	1997	Hercules	Hermes (voice)	75
20	1998	Blues Brothers 2000	Marco	53
21	1998	The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'	Self	50
22	1999	Hercules: Zero to Hero	Hermes (voice) (archive sound)	66
23	1999	Man on the Moon	Letterman Band (uncredited)	72
24	2001	America \| A Tribute to Heroes	Self	62
25	2001	The Concert for New York City	Self	48
26	2002	The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase	Self - Host	51
27	2004	Rockin' Pianos	Self	0
28	2005	Disney Heroes Volume 1	Hermes (voice)	79
29	2005	The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music	Self	0
30	2005	Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd	Blues Brothers Band (archive footage)	83
31	2007	Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary	Self	60
32	2008	Ray Charles: The Legend Lives On	Self	0
33	2012	Bachman & Turner - Live at the Roseland Ballroom	Keyboards	80
34	2012	12-12-12 \| The Concert for Sandy Relief	Self	68
35	2015	Being Canadian	Self	55
36	2015	A Very Murray Christmas	Paul Schaffer	53
37	2016	Todd Who?	Himself	0
38	2016	Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens	Paul Shaffer	45
39	2017	Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs	Self	64
40	2018	Love, Gilda	Self	72
41	2018	Bachman	Self	0
42	2018	Always at The Carlyle	Self	68
43	2019	Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice	Self (archive footage)	76
44	2020	Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man	Self	50
45	2022	Finding Sandler	Self	80
46	2023	The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story	Self	0
47		Godspell 2025		0
48	2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self	79
49	2025	SNL50: The Homecoming Concert	Self	73
50		Fats and Friends	Himself	90

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Performer	51
2	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
3	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	70
4	1977	A Year at the Top		50
5	1979	CBS News Sunday Morning	Self	68
6	1984	Jeopardy!		69
7	1993	Late Show with David Letterman	Self -Musical Director	63
8	1996	Flash Gordon	Dr. Zarkov (voice)	58
9	1997	The View	Self	45
10	1998	Hercules	Hermes (voice)	68
11	1998	Hollywood Squares	Self - Panelist	72
12	1999	Mark Twain Prize	Self	0
13	1999	The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn	Self	42
14	1999	Where Are They Now?	Self	75
15	2000	Ed	Irv Nadler	77
16	2001	Primetime Glick		68
17	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Paul Shaffer	76
18	2003	Hope & Faith	Himself	54
19	2005	How I Met Your Mother	Paul Shaffer	81
20	2006	Second City: First Family of Comedy	Self	0
21	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
22	2010	Running Wilde	Self	65
23	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Paul Shaffer and the World's Most Dangerous Band	59
24	2019	The Masked Singer	Self - Video Message	77
25	2019	The Masked Singer	Skeleton (archive footage)	77
26	2019	The Masked Singer	Skeleton	77
27	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
28	2019	Paul Shaffer Plus One	self	90
29	2022	Spector	Self	63