Acting
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), The Accountant 2 (2025), and The Odyssey (2026) Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Bernthal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as
Jonathan E. Bernthal · Jonathan Edward Bernthal
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
85
Acting credits
0
Directing
2
Writing
4
Other crew
Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.3The Punisher: One Last Kill
2026 · movie · as Frank Castle
- 2
★ 8.2Marvel's Daredevil
2015 · tv · as Frank Castle / Punisher
- 3
★ 8.2Daredevil: Born Again
2025 · tv · as Frank Castle / Punisher
- 4
★ 8.2Marvel's The Punisher
2017 · tv · as Frank Castle / Punisher
- 5
★ 8.1The Bear
2022 · tv · as Michael Berzatto
- 6
★ 8.1How I Met Your Mother
2005 · tv · as Carlos
- 7
★ 8.1The Walking Dead
2010 · tv · as Shane Walsh
- 8
★ 8.0The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · movie · as Brad
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
- 126,186 votes
The Wolf of Wall Street
2013 · movie
- 218,014 votes
The Walking Dead
2010 · tv
- 3
16,980 votesBaby Driver
2017 · movie
- 4
13,053 votesFury
2014 · movie
- 5
9,693 votesSicario
2015 · movie
- 6
9,121 votesFord v Ferrari
2019 · movie
- 7
7,458 votesThe Accountant
2016 · movie
- 8
7,349 votesNight at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian
2009 · movie
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
2002 3 title(s)
2003 1 title(s)
2004 3 title(s)
2005 3 title(s)
2006 2 title(s)
2009 3 title(s)
2010 6 title(s)
2013 5 title(s)
2014 2 title(s)
2015 9 title(s)
Hot Ones
tv · as Self · ★ 7.0
Marvel's Daredevil
tv · as Frank Castle / Punisher · ★ 8.2
Marvel’s Daredevil
movie · as Frank Castle / The Punisher
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
movie · as Mr. McCarthy · ★ 7.5
Show Me a Hero
tv · as Michael H. Sussman · ★ 7.0
Sicario
movie · as Ted · ★ 7.4
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
tv · as Self - Guest · ★ 6.1
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
tv · as Mysterious Man, as Ilan · ★ 7.1
We Are Your Friends
movie · as Paige Morrell · ★ 6.8
2016 3 title(s)
2017 7 title(s)
Baby Driver
movie · as Griff · ★ 7.4
Marvel's The Punisher
tv · as Frank Castle / Punisher · ★ 8.2
Pilgrimage
movie · as The Mute · ★ 6.0
Shot Caller
movie · as Frank 'Shotgun' · ★ 7.0
Sweet Virginia
movie · as Sam Rossi · ★ 5.9
The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
movie · as Shane Walsh (voice) · ★ 7.0
Wind River
movie · as Matt Rayburn · ★ 7.4
2018 1 title(s)
2019 3 title(s)
2020 1 title(s)
2021 6 title(s)
2022 4 title(s)
2023 1 title(s)
2024 2 title(s)
2025 3 title(s)
2026 6 title(s)
Gary
movie · as Michael Berzatto, Writer · ★ 6.6
HIS & HERS
tv · as Det. Jack Harper · ★ 7.3
Spider-Man: Brand New Day
movie · as Frank Castle / Punisher · ★ 7.8
The Odyssey
movie · as Menelaus · ★ 7.9
The Punisher: One Last Kill
movie · as Frank Castle, Writer, Executive Producer · ★ 8.3
The Punisher: One Last Kill
tv · as Frank Castle, Creator