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Paul Shaffer

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Paul Shaffer

Born Nov 28, 1949 · 76 years92 titles 63 movies · 29 TV
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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.

Born

Nov 28, 1949

Fort William, Ontario, Canada

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

88

Acting credits

2

Directing

2

Writing

5

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1956 1 title(s)

1962 1 title(s)

1975 1 title(s)

1977 1 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1979 2 title(s)

1980 1 title(s)

1981 1 title(s)

1984 2 title(s)

1985 3 title(s)

1987 2 title(s)

1988 1 title(s)

1990 3 title(s)

1992 1 title(s)

1993 3 title(s)

1995 2 title(s)

1996 2 title(s)

1997 2 title(s)

1998 4 title(s)

1999 6 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2001 5 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2003 2 title(s)

2004 1 title(s)

2005 4 title(s)

2006 1 title(s)

2007 2 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 1 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2012 2 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 3 title(s)

2016 2 title(s)

2017 1 title(s)

2018 4 title(s)

2019 5 title(s)

2020 1 title(s)

2022 3 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2025 4 title(s)

2026 3 title(s)

Undated 2 title(s)