Mick Betancourt is a writer and comedian who has written scripts for several television shows on major networks. Betancourt was born in Chicago in 1974 and currently lives in Los Angeles. He sold his first television show to CBS Television at age 30 and has since written on The Black Donnellys, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Detroit 187. Recently he directed his first short film which was well received at independent film festivals. He also has performed at The Chicago and Montreal Comedy Festivals as well as performed stand-up on NBC, HBO, TBS, and Comedy Central. He was featured in Studs Terkel's book, Death-Will the Circle Be Unbroken.