Jon Bernthal
Age: 48
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., U.S.
Jonathan Edward "Jon" Bernthal (born September 20, 1976) is an American actor best known for his television role as Shane Walsh on the AMC series The Walking Dead and film roles in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Fury (2014), and Sicario (2015). He portrayed Frank Castle / The Punisher in the Netflix series Daredevil and is set to reprise his role in the Netflix series The Punisher.
Early life
Bernthal was born and raised in Washington, D.C., the son of Joan Lurie (née Marx) and Eric Lawrence "Rick" Bernthal, a lawyer with Latham & Watkins LLP. His paternal grandfather was musician and producer Murray Bernthal. He has two brothers, Nicholas and Thomas. His parents are both Jewish (his maternal grandfather was from Germany, while Bernthal's other ancestors emigrated from Austria, Lithuania, Poland, and Russia). He graduated from the Sidwell Friends School in Washington.
After high school, Bernthal briefly studied at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, and later attended The School of Moscow Art Theatre in Russia. During his time there, he played catcher on a semi-professional baseball team. He was discovered by the executive director of Harvard University's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated in 2002 from the American Repertory Theater with a Master of Fine Arts.
Career
Since 2002, Bernthal has performed in over 30 plays regionally and Off-Broadway, including many with his own award-winning theatre company, Fovea Floods. He also had small guest roles in television series such as Boston Legal, CSI: Miami, and How I Met Your Mother. Bernthal booked his first regular role on a television series with the sitcom The Class, which was created by Friends co-creator David Crane. The show was cancelled after only one season. After this, he had roles in films such as World Trade Center and Day Zero. In 2009, Bernthal had a supporting role in the Ben Stiller comedy film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as mobster Al Capone. The same year, he became a series regular on the television series Eastwick, which was cancelled after only one season.
In 2010, Berthnal portrayed Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez on the HBO miniseries The Pacific. Bernthal portrayed Shane Walsh in Frank Darabont's The Walking Dead, based on the comic book series of the same name. He was a regular on the show until 2012, . He was nominated for the Breakout Performance - Male Award at the 2011 Scream Awards for his performance. That same year, he guest starred in an episode of NBC's legal comedy-drama series Harry's Law as Lucas Trassino. In 2013, he appeared in the crime drama film Snitch.
Bernthal reunited with Darabont for the TNT series Mob City, in which he portrayed Joe Teague, a police officer working in a corrupt 1940s Los Angeles. He also had supporting roles in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and the sports comedy film Grudge Match (2013). He played southerner Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis in the 2014 World War II film Fury, opposite Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña and Logan Lerman.
Bernthal appears as a playable character in the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in a downloadable game mode "Exo Zombies". Bernthal next co-starred in Denis Villeneuve's action drama film Sicario, opposite Emily Blunt and Josh Brolin. In June 2015, Marvel announced that Bernthal would portray Frank Castle / The Punisher in the second season of Netflix's superhero series Daredevil, which was released on March 18, 2016. He will then star in the Irish action thriller film Pilgrimage, alongside Tom Holland and Richard Armitage.
Personal life
Bernthal married Erin Angle, the niece of professional wrestler Kurt Angle, on September 25, 2010 in Potomac, Maryland. They have two sons, Henry and Billy (born August 2011 and February 2013), and a daughter, Adeline (born February 2015). Bernthal is a cousin of Adam Schlesinger, bassist of the band Fountains of Wayne.
Together with his brother Nicholas, an orthopaedic surgeon at UCLA, Bernthal runs a nonprofit organization called Drops Fill Buckets, described as an "impact-driven, entrepreneurial approach to making a difference".
In December 2013, Bernthal claimed to have broken his nose 13 times.
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Mary / Mary | Manny | |
2004 | Tony n' Tina's Wedding | Dominic | |
2004 | Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman | Man in Office | |
2006 | World Trade Center | Christopher Amoroso | |
2007 | The Air I Breathe | Interviewer | |
2007 | Day Zero | James Dixon | |
2008 | Bar Starz | Donnie Pitron | |
2008 | A Line in the Sand | Banzai | |
2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Al Capone | |
2010 | The Ghost Writer | Rick Ricardelli | |
2010 | Date Night | Young Man | |
2012 | Rampart | Dan Morone | |
2013 | Snitch | Daniel James | |
2013 | The Wolf of Wall Street | Brad Bodnick | Nominated - Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble Nominated - Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated - Critics' Choice Award for Best Acting Ensemble Nominated - Detroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Nominated - Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble Nominated - Gold Derby Award for Best Ensemble Nominated - Seattle Film Critics Award for Best Ensemble |
2013 | Grudge Match | B. J. Rose | |
2014 | Fury | Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis | National Board of Review Award for Best Cast |
2015 | Me and Earl and the Dying Girl | Mr. McCarthy | |
2015 | Sicario | Ted | |
2015 | We Are Your Friends | Paige Morrell | |
2016 | Justice League vs. Teen Titans | Trigon (voice) | |
2016 | Viena and The Fantomes | Completed | |
2016 | The Accountant | Brax | Completed |
2016 | Pilgrimage | The Mute | Post-production |
2016 | Shot Caller | Post-production | |
2017 | Baby Driver | Griff | Filming |
2017 | Wind River | Filming |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2002 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Lane Ruddock | Episode: "Malignant" |
2004 | Without a Trace | Alex Genya | Episode: "Bait" |
2004 | Dr. Vegas | Greg | Episode: "Dead Man, Live Bet" |
2004 | Boston Legal | Michael Shea | Episode: "Questionable Characters" |
2005 | Jonny Zero | Brett Parish | Episode: "I Did It All for the Nooky" |
2005 | CSI: Miami | Harry Klugman | 2 episodes |
2005 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Sherm Hempell | Episode: "Goliath" |
2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Carlos | Episode: "Purple Giraffe" |
2006-2007 | The Class | Duncan Carmello | 19 episodes |
2009-2010 | Eastwick | Raymond Gardener | 12 episodes |
2010 | Numb3rs | Mike Nash | Episode: "Growin' Up" |
2010 | The Pacific | Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez | 2 episodes |
2010-2012 | The Walking Dead | Shane Walsh | 19 episodes Nominated - Scream Award for Breakout Performance Male |
2012 | Harry's Law | Lucas Trassino | Episode: "The Whole Truth" |
2012 | Robot Chicken | Hawkeye / Mayor of Des Moines (voice) | Episode: "Collateral Damage in Gang Turf War" |
2013 | Mob City | Joe Teague | 6 episodes |
2015 | Show Me a Hero | Michael H. Sussman | 4 episodes |
2015 | SuperMansion | Rat-A-Pult (voice) | Episode: "Brad Medicine" |
2016 | Daredevil | Frank Castle / Punisher | 12 episodes |
Video games
Year | Title | Role |
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2014 | Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare | Decker |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Small Engine Repair | Terence Swaino | Ovation Awards for Acting Ensemble of a Play Nominated - Ovation Awards for Lead Actor in a Play |