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

Hercules
How I Met Your Mother
Man on the Moon
Scrooged
This Is Spinal Tap
Blues Brothers 2000
Birth Location Fort William, Ontario, Canada
Born 1949-11-28

Movies

Finding Sandler as Self
2022
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice as Self (archive footage)
2019
2018
Bachman as Self
2018
Love, Gilda as Self
2018
2016
Todd Who? as Himself
2016
A Very Murray Christmas as Paul Schaffer
2015
Being Canadian as Self
2015
2005
Disney Heroes Volume 1 as Hermes (voice)
2005
Rockin' Pianos as Himself
2004
Man on the Moon as Letterman Band (uncredited)
1999
Hercules: Zero to Hero as Hermes (voice) (archive sound)
1999
1998
Hercules as Hermes (voice)
1997
Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo as Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)
1996
The Best of the Blues Brothers as Himself (archive footage)
1994
The Return of Spinal Tap as Artie Fufkin
1992
1990
Scrooged as Street Musician
1988
Heartbeat as Filmmaker's Assistant
1987
1985
This Is Spinal Tap as Artie Fufkin
1984
Gilda Live as Don Kirschner
1980
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video as Church of Jack Lord Organist
1979