The Biography

Jonathan Edward Bernthal (born September 20, 1976) is an American actor. Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he came to prominence for portraying Shane Walsh on the AMChorror 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 (MCU) television series Daredevil (2016) and The Punisher (2017–2019), a role he is set to reprise in the upcoming Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again (2025-present). For his recurring role as Michael Berzatto in the series The Bear (2022–present), Bernthal 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), Those Who Wish Me Dead, King Richard, and The Many Saints of Newark (all 2021), and Origin (2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Bernthal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.