Gaffer or Gaffa may refer to: Media Gaffa (magazine), a Danish music magazine The Gaffer (TV series), a British comedy television series of the early 1980s Gaffer Gamgee, a hobbit character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings franchise Gaffer, a character in The Muppets A nickname used by the perpetrator in the Sheffield incest case Other uses Gaffer (boss), a British colloquial term for "boss", "foreman" or "old man" Gaffer (filmmaking), the head of the electrical/lighting department Gaffer District (Corning, New York), a historic district of downtown Corning Gaffer tape, or Gaffa tape, a type of adhesive tape Gaffer, a person who blows glass Gaffer (sailor), of a gaff rig boat See also