# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-shaffer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:50:30.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-shaffer"
name: "Paul Shaffer"
slug: "paul-shaffer"
description: "Paul Allen Wood Shaffer is a Canadian musician, actor, and comedian who served as David Letterman's musical director, bandleader, and sidekick on Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)."
tagline: "Canadian singer, composer, actor, author, comedian, and multi-instrumentalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Shaffer_(28071531575).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-11-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.42
  momentum:             7.393647085421455
  historical:           19.861796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  241
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0787238/"
    handle:    "nm0787238"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بول شافير"
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    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "پال شفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Shaffer"
    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пол Шаффер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Paul Shaffer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump