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Mick Betancourt | |
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| Born | April 13, 1974 |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
Mick Betancourt (born April 13, 1974) is an American screenwriter, producer, comedian, actor, and director who has written scripts for several television series on major networks, including Chicago Fire , The Mob Doctor , Chicago P.D. , and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit .
Betancourt was born in Chicago, to a Puerto rican father, and Irish mother. He graduated from Fenwick High School in 1992 [1] and currently lives in Los Angeles. He sold his first television series to CBS at age 30 and has since written on Breakout Kings , The Black Donnellys , and Detroit 187 .
He directed his first short film in 2008, No Place Like Home, which was well received at independent film festivals. Betancourt has performed as a comedian at the Chicago and Montreal Comedy Festivals, and has performed stand-up on channels such as NBC, HBO, TBS, and Comedy Central. He was featured in Studs Terkel's book Death-Will the Circle Be Unbroken.