Paul Shaffer
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.
Movie Appearances
Blues Brothers 2000
as Marco
1998
Hercules
as Hermes (voice)
1997
The Voice That Rocked America: The Dick Biondi Story
as Self
2023
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
as Self (archive footage)
2019
The Beach Boys: 25 Years Together - A Celebration In Waikiki
as Self
1987
Finding Sandler
as Self
2022
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video
as Church of Jack Lord Organist
1979
Flash Gordon: Marooned on Mongo
as Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)
1996
The Blues Brothers Live at Winterland
1978
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
The Blues Brothers: Transposing The Music
as Self
2005
Heartbeat
as Filmmaker's Assistant
1987
Steve Martin's Best Show Ever
as Self / Jo Jo the Dog-Faced Boy
1981
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
as Blues Brothers Band (archive footage)
2005
Being Canadian
as Self
2015
Rockin' Pianos
as Self
2004
Man on the Moon
as Letterman Band (uncredited)
1999
Scrooged
as Street Musician
1988
Seriously... Phil Collins
as Self
1990
A Very Murray Christmas
as Paul Schaffer
2015
TV Appearances
Ed
as Irv Nadler
2000
Hercules
as Hermes (voice)
1998
Flash Gordon
as Dr. Zarkov (voice)
1996
Jeopardy!
as Self
1984
A Year at the Top
1977
Where Are They Now?
as Self
1999
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self
1999
The Masked Singer
as Self - Video Message
2019
The Masked Singer
as Skeleton (archive footage)
2019
Mark Twain Prize
as Self
1999
Paul Shaffer Plus One
as self
2019
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
1975