Editing Paul Shaffer (section)

===Movie and documentary appearances===
Shaffer has appeared in a number of motion pictures over the years, including a small role (Artie Fufkin of Polymer Records) in [[Rob Reiner]]'s ''[[This Is Spinal Tap]],'' ''Blues Brothers 2000'', a scene with [[Miles Davis]] in the [[Bill Murray]] film ''[[Scrooged]]'', and as a passenger in [[John Travolta]]'s taxicab in ''[[Look Who's Talking Too]]''. In addition, Shaffer lent his voice to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney's]] animated feature and television series ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]'' as the character [[Hermes]].<ref name="IMDbHerc">{{cite web |title=Hercules (1997) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119282/reference |publisher=IMDb|access-date=20 June 2018 |language=en }}</ref> <!--fragment - what?  and his cameo appearance on Blues Traveler's hit song "Hook" from the bands album Four in 1994. -->

Shaffer appeared in Greg Zola's documentary about Sly Stone, ''[[Small Talk About Sly]]'' which was completed sometime prior to 2017.<ref>''Groove Theory, The Blues Foundation of Funk'', By Tony Bolden · 2020 - {{ISBN|9781496830630}} - [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Groove_Theory/EZQAEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%E2%80%9CSmall+Talk+About+Sly%22&pg=PA243&printsec=frontcover Page 243 NOTES, 32. Paul Shaffer, qtd in ''Small Talk about SLY" Sly and the Family Stone Documentary'']</ref><ref>Under The Radar Films channel, Jan 2, 2017 - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yuv1cpK6SY “Small Talk About Sly documentary” by Greg Zola (part 37) Paul Shaffer - Sly stone epic story]</ref>

He is portrayed by [[Aaron Lustig]] in the 1996 telefilm ''[[The Late Shift (film)|The Late Shift]]'' and by [[Paul Rust]] in the 2024 theatrical release ''[[Saturday Night (2024 film)|Saturday Night]]''.