Richard Side is a Canadian writer, producer, and actor known as the creator of The Debaters, a radio and TV comedy series on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Side has appeared in episodes of Supernatural, Psych and Eureka and the feature film Elf. Side is a comedian specializing in improvisational comedy. He won an improv comedy championship at the Just for Laughs festival performing with Vancouver Theatresports.
Side co-adapted Kenneth Oppel's novel Silverwing into a thirteen part animated series for Teletoon. Other writing credits include episodes of '.