Paul Shaffer

Known for

Acting

Born

November 28, 1949 (age 76)

Birthplace

Fort William, Ontario, Canada

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.

Best known work

Hercules

1997

How I Met Your Mother

2005

Man on the Moon

1999

Scrooged

1988

This Is Spinal Tap

1984

Look Who's Talking Too

1990

Blues Brothers 2000

1998

Saturday Night Live

1975

A Very Murray Christmas

2015

Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens

2016

Filmography

TBA
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
as Self
2026
You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...
as Self
2026
Darlene Love: I Know Where I've Been
as Self
2026
Peter Asher: Everywhere Man
as Self
2026
Marty, Life Is Short
as Self
2025
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
as Self
2025
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
as Artie Fufkin
2025
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
2025
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self - SNL Band Member 1975 - 1980
2023
The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story
as Self
2022
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Original Music Composer
2022
Finding Sandler
as Self
2022
SpectorTV
as Self (4 episodes)
2020
Chuck Leavell: The Tree Man
as Self
2019
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Shah Rukh Khan
Original Music Composer
2019
Paul Shaffer Plus OneTV
as self (9 episodes)
2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV
as Self (1 episode)
2019
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Masked SingerTV
as Self - Video Message (1 episode), as Skeleton (archive footage) (1 episode), as Skeleton (1 episode)
2018
Love, Gilda
as Self
2018
Always at The Carlyle
as Self
2018
Bachman
as Self
2018
Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame: In Concert 2014-2017
as Self
2017
Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs
as Self
2016
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens
as Paul Shaffer