Paul Shaffer
Known for
Acting
Life
Born 1949 (age 76)
Born in
Fort William, Ontario, Canada
Credits
View on IMDb27 acting credits
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.
Known For
Hercules
13 Jun 1997
How I Met Your Mother
19 Sep 2005
Man on the Moon
22 Dec 1999
Scrooged
22 Nov 1988
This Is Spinal Tap
02 Mar 1984
Look Who's Talking Too
14 Dec 1990
Blues Brothers 2000
06 Feb 1998
A Very Murray Christmas
04 Dec 2015
Filmography
2025
- Spinal Tap II: The End Continuesas Artie Fufkin
2019
- The Masked Singeras Skeleton1 episode
2016
- Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakensas Paul Shaffer
2015
- A Very Murray Christmasas Paul Schaffer
2012
- Bachman & Turner - Live at the Roseland Ballroomas Keyboards
2005
- How I Met Your Motheras Paul Shaffer1 episode
- Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroydas Blues Brothers Band (archive footage)
- Disney Heroes Volume 1as Hermes (voice)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intentas Paul Shaffer1 episode
- Primetime Glick1 episode
2000
- Edas Irv Nadler1 episode
1999
- Man on the Moonas Letterman Band (uncredited)
- Hercules: Zero to Heroas Hermes (voice) (archive sound)
1998
- Herculesas Hermes (voice)10 episodes
- Blues Brothers 2000as Marco
1997
- Herculesas Hermes (voice)
1996
- Flash Gordonas Dr. Zarkov (voice)26 episodes
- Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongoas Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)
1992
- A Spinal Tap Reunion: The 25th Anniversary London Sell-Outas Artie Fufkin
1990
- Look Who's Talking Tooas Taxi Businessman
1988
- Scroogedas Street Musician
1987
- Heartbeatas Filmmaker's Assistant
1984
- This Is Spinal Tapas Artie Fufkin
1980
- Gilda Liveas Don Kirshner
1979
- Mr. Mike's Mondo Videoas Church of Jack Lord Organist
1977
- A Year at the Top5 episodes