
Jon Bernthal
Biography
Jonathan Edward Bernthal (/ˈbɜːrnθɔːl/; born September 20, 1976) is an American actor. He came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh on the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead (2010–2012; 2018), where he was a starring cast member in the first two seasons. Bernthal achieved further recognition as Frank Castle/The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in the second season of Daredevil (2016), the spin-off series The Punisher (2017–2019), and the revival series Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present), and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026). For his recurring guest role as restaurant owner Michael Berzatto in the series The Bear (2022–present), he won a Primetime Emmy Award.
His film roles include Snitch (2013), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Fury (2014), Sicario (2015), The Accountant (2016), Baby Driver (2017), Wind River (2017), Widows (2018), Ford v Ferrari (2019), King Richard, The Many Saints of Newark (both 2021), Origin (2023), and The Accountant 2 (2025).
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Acting History
2026
Spider-Man: Brand New Day as Frank Castle / Punisher
2026The Odyssey as Menelaus
2026HIS & HERS as Jack Harper
2025The Accountant² as Braxton
2025The Amateur as The Bear
2025Daredevil: Born Again as Frank Castle / Punisher
2024The Walking Dead: The Return as Shane Walsh (archive footage)
2023Origin as Brett Hamilton
2022American Gigolo as Julian Kaye
2022Sharp Stick as Josh
2022The Bear as Michael Berzatto
2022We Own This City as Sgt. Wayne Jenkins
2021The Unforgivable as Blake
2021King Richard as Rick Macci
2021The Many Saints of Newark as Johnny Soprano
2021The Premise as Chase Milbrandt
2021Small Engine Repair as Terrance Swaino
2021Those Who Wish Me Dead as Ethan Sawyer
2020Viena and the Fantomes as Monroe
2020Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Trigon (voice)
2019Ford v Ferrari as Lee Iacocca
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019The Peanut Butter Falcon as Mark
2018Widows as Florek
2017Marvel's The Punisher as Frank Castle / Punisher
2017Sweet Virginia as Sam Rossi
2017The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Shane Walsh (voice)
2017Wind River as Matt Rayburn
2017Shot Caller as Frank 'Shotgun'
2017Baby Driver as Griff
2017Pilgrimage as The Mute
2016The Escape as Holt
2016The Accountant as Brax
2016Justice League vs. Teen Titans as Trigon (voice)
2015Sicario as Ted
2015The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2015We Are Your Friends as Paige Morrell
2015Show Me a Hero as Michael H. Sussman
2015Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Mr. McCarthy
2015Marvel's Daredevil as Frank Castle / Punisher
2015Hot Ones as Self
2015Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Mysterious Man
2015Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt as Ilan
2014Fury as Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers
2013The Wolf of Wall Street as Brad
2013Grudge Match as B.J. Rose
2013Mob City as Joe Teague
2013Snitch as Daniel James
2013Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit as Muscle Bruce
2011Rampart as Dan Morone
2011Harry's Law as Lucas Trassino
2010Conan as Self
2010The Walking Dead as Shane Walsh
2010The Making of The Walking Dead as Self
2010Date Night as Young Man
2010The Pacific as Sgt. Manuel 'Manny' Rodriguez
2010The Ghost Writer as Rick Ricardelli
2009Eastwick as Raymond Gardener
2009Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Al Capone
2008A Line in the Sand as Banzai
2008Bar Starz as Donnie Pitron
2007Day Zero as Jams Dixon
2007The Air I Breathe as Interviewer
2006The Class as Duncan Carmello
2006World Trade Center as Christopher Amoroso
2005How I Met Your Mother as Carlos
2005Numb3rs as Mike Nash
2004Boston Legal as Michael Shea
2004Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman as Man in Office
2004Tony n' Tina's Wedding as Dominic Fabrizzi
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Without a Trace as Alex Genya
2002CSI: Miami as Harry Klugman
2002Mary/Mary as Manny
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Lane Ruddock
2001The Hire as Holt
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Sherman Hempell
—Snow Ponies
—Untitled The Punisher Special as Frank Castle / Punisher
—Asylum as Charlie Barnes









