Richard Lett

Richard Glen Lett is a Canadian stand-up comedian, poet and actor, known for comedy focusing on drug and alcohol recovery and men's health. He began his stand-up career in the 1980s touring nationally for Yuk Yuk's and was often described early on as Canada's George Carlin. In 2009 he was banned from comedy clubs across Canada due to behaviour fuelled by addiction, and he was later the focus of the biographical film Never Be Done: The Richard Glen Lett Story, which followed his journey from addiction to recovery. Since 2010 he has performed stand-up in support of recovery at over 100 conventions, treatment centres, and fundraisers, and his solo shows include Sober But Never Clean and One Nut Only. In 2013 he also entered competitive slam poetry under the moniker Optimus Rhyme, winning the Toronto Grand Slam Championship.