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Paul Shaffer
Actor, Composer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn November 28, 1949 (75 years)
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.
Paul Shaffer Filmography
| 2025 | Downey Wrote That · as Self - Snl Guest Appearance |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Anniversary Special · as Self - Audience Member |
| 2025 | SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · as Self |
| 2025 | |
| 2024 | Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple · as Self - Band Leader, Late Show With David Letterman |
| 2022 | Finding Sandler · as Self |
| 2022 | Sheryl · as Self |
| 2022 | Spector (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | The ’80s: Top Ten (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Director, Late Show With David Letterman |
| 2021 | The Bite (TV Series) · as Paul Shaffer |
| 2020 | Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man · as Self |
| 2020 | Jay Sebring.... Cutting to the Truth · as Self |
| 2020 | The Drew Barrymore Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | David Crosby: Remember My Name · as Self |
| 2019 | Paul Shaffer Plus One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2019 | The Amazing Johnathan Documentary · as Self |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Video Message |
| 2019 | Milk · as Self |
| 2018 | ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? · as Self |
| 2018 | Love, Gilda · as Self |
| 2018 | Always at The Carlyle · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2018 | Bachman · as Self |
| 2018 | Bathtubs Over Broadway · as Self |
| 2017 | Horn from the Heart: The Paul Butterfield Story · as Self - Interviewee |
| 2017 | Night of Too Many Stars · as Self |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens · as Paul Shaffer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Rock & Roll Road Trip With Sammy Hagar (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2016 | Superhuman · as Self - Special Guest (2016) |
| 2015 | Being Canadian · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV Series) · as Self - Guest And Musical Guest |
| 2015 | Live from New York! · as Self |
| 2015 | David Letterman: A Life on Television · as Self - Band Leader |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Schitt's Creek (TV Series) · as Paul Shaffer |
| 2014 | The Sixties (TV Series) · as Self - Musician & Musical Director |
| 2014 | |
| 2013 | The Big Interview (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2013 | Twenty Feet from Stardom · as Self |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Larry King Now (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Celebrity Wife Swap (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Love We Make · as Self |
| 2011 | The 65th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter & Performer |
| 2011 | The 2011 Comedy Awards · as Self |
| 2011 | Saturday Night Live Backstage · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2010 | Running Wilde (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Celebrity Ghost Stories (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Bonnie Hunt Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | The Wendy Williams Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2006 | Second City: First Family of Comedy (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Love Monkey (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Paul Shaffer |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of John Belushi · as Self - Blues Brothers Band |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Rockin' Pianos · as Self |
| 2003 | Bitter Jester · as Self |
| 2003 | Hope & Faith (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2003 | The 45th Annual Grammy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest Musician |
| 2002 | The N.Y. Friars Club Roast of Chevy Chase · as Self - Host |
| 2001 | The Concert for New York City · as Self |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) · as Paul Shaffer |
| 2001 | America: A Tribute to Heroes · as Self |
| 1999 | Saturday Night Live 25 · as Self |
| 1999 | The Martin Short Show (1999) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Where Are They Now? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Mark Twain Prize for American Humor (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | SNL: 25 Years of Music · as Self |
| 1998 | Hollywood Squares (TV Series) · as Self - Panelist |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | The Greatest (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Cosby (TV Series) · as Paul Shaffer |
| 1996 | The Dana Carvey Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | The Best of the Blues Brothers · as Himself (archive Footage) |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self -Musical Director |
| 1991 | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1990 | The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1990 | Seriously... Phil Collins · as Self |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III · as Self |
| 1989 | Mamas & the Papas: Straight Shooters · as Self |
| 1988 | Tattinger's (TV Series) · as Paul Shaffer |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | |
| 1987 | The Original Max Talking Headroom Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | Shalom Sesame (1986) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | David Letterman's 2nd Annual Holiday Film Festival · as Self (segment "you Kill Me") |
| 1986 | NBC 60th Anniversary Celebration · as Self |
| 1985 | David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival · as Self (segment "dress Cool") |
| 1985 | Tears Are Not Enough · as Self |
| 1985 | The Best of John Belushi · as Self (blues Brothers) |
| 1984 | Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self - Musical Director |
| 1981 | Steve Martin's Best Show Ever · as Self / Jo Jo The Dog-Faced Boy |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1980 | CNN Special Report (TV Series) · as Self - Bandleader |
| 1979 | Bob & Ray, Jane, Laraine & Gilda · as Self (keyboards) |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland · as Self - The Blues Brothers Band |
| 1978 | Things We Did Last Summer · as Self - Blues Brothers Band |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Performer |
| 1954 | The Early Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2025 | Spinal Tap II: The End Continues · as Artie Fufkin |
| 2015 | A Very Murray Christmas · as Paul Schaffer |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Paul Shaffer And The World's Most Dangerous Band |
| 2012 | Bachman & Turner - Live at the Roseland Ballroom · as Keyboards |
| 2010 | |
| 2010 | Night Raid 1931 (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 2005 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd · as Blues Brothers Band (archive Footage) |
| 2005 | Disney Heroes Volume 1 · as Hermes (voice) |
| 2001 | Primetime Glick (TV Series) |
| 2001 | House of Mouse (TV Series) · as Hermes |
| 2000 | Ed (TV Series) · as Irv Nadler |
| 1999 | Man on the Moon · as Letterman Band (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Hercules: Zero to Hero · as Hermes (voice) (archive Sound) |
| 1998 | Hercules (TV Series) · as Hermes (voice) |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 · as Marco |
| 1997 | Hercules · as Hermes (voice) |
| 1996 | Flash Gordon (1996) (TV Series) · as Dr. Zarkov (voice) |
| 1992 | A Spinal Tap Reunion · as Artie Fufkin |
| 1990 | Look Who's Talking Too · as Taxi Businessman |
| 1988 | Scrooged · as Street Musician |
| 1987 | Gandahar · as Optiflow |
| 1987 | Heartbeat · as Filmmaker's Assistant |
| 1986 | The Best of Dan Aykroyd · as Blues Brothers Band |
| 1985 | |
| 1984 | This Is Spinal Tap · as Artie Fufkin |
| 1980 | Gilda Live · as Don Kirshner / Arnie Schnachtman / Student Body President / The Candy Slice Group |
| 1979 | Mr. Mike's Mondo Video · as Church Of Jack Lord Organist |
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| 1980 |
| 2022 | My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy · as Original Music Composer |
| 2019 | My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan · as Original Music Composer |
| 2018 | My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Music Director |
| 2007 | The Knights of Prosperity (TV Series) · as Composer |
| 2001 | The Concert for New York City · as Music Director |
| 1982 | Late Night With David Letterman (TV Series) · as Composer |