Birth Name: Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt
Place of Birth: Praia da Vitória, Terceira, Azores, Portugal
Date of Birth: September 20, 1966
Ethnicity: Azorean Portuguese
Nuno Bettencourt is a Portuguese-American musician. He is known as the lead guitarist of the American rock band Extreme. He is the son of Aureolina (da Cunha Gil de Ávila) and Ezequiel Mendes Bettencourt. He was married to singer Suze DeMarchi.
Nuno’s maternal grandparents were Manuel Gil de Ávila and Firmina da Cunha.