Career
Betancourt was born in Chicago and currently lives in Los Los Angeles He sold his first television series to Columbia Broadcasting System at age 30 and has since written on Breakout Kings, The Black Donnellys, and Detroit 187. He directed his first short film in 2008, Number 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 National Broadcasting Company, Home Box Office, Turner Broadcasting System, and Comedy Central.
He was featured in Studs Terkel"s book Death-Will the Circle Be Unbroken.