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). For his recurring guest role as restaurant owner and drug addict 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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Primarily2026 Spider-Man: Brand New Day as Frank Castle / Punisher
2026 The Odyssey
2025 Snow Ponies
2025 Untitled The Punisher Special as Frank Castle / Punisher Writer
2025 The Accountant² as Braxton
2025 The Amateur as The Bear
2024 The Walking Dead: The Return as Shane Walsh (archive footage)
2023 Origin as Brett Hamilton
2022 Sharp Stick as Josh Executive Producer
2021 The Unforgivable as Blake
2021 King Richard as Rick Macci
2021 The Many Saints of Newark as Johnny Soprano
2021 Small Engine Repair as Terrance Swaino Producer
2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead as Ethan Sawyer
2020 Viena and the Fantomes as Monroe
2020 Justice League Dark: Apokolips War as Trigon (voice)
2019 Ford v Ferrari as Lee Iacocca
2019 The Peanut Butter Falcon as Mark
2018 Widows as Florek
2017 Sweet Virginia as Sam Rossi
2017 Marvel's The Punisher as Frank Castle / Punisher
2017 The Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking as Shane Walsh (voice)
2017 Wind River as Matt Rayburn
2017 Shot Caller as Frank 'Shotgun'
2017 Baby Driver as Griff
2017 Pilgrimage as The Mute
2016 The Escape as Holt
2016 The Accountant as Brax
2016 Justice League vs. Teen Titans as Trigon (voice)
2015 Sicario as Ted
2015 We Are Your Friends as Paige Morrell
2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl as Mr. McCarthy
2014 Fury as Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis
2013 Grudge Match as B.J. Rose
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street as Brad
2013 Snitch as Daniel James
2013 Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit as Muscle Bruce
2011 Rampart as Dan Morone
2010 The Making of The Walking Dead as Self
2010 Date Night as Young Man
2010 The Pacific as Sgt. Manuel 'Manny' Rodriguez
2010 The Ghost Writer as Rick Ricardelli
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as Al Capone
2008 A Line in the Sand as Banzai
2008 Bar Starz as Donnie Pitron
2007 Day Zero as Jams Dixon
2007 The Air I Breathe as Interviewer
2006 World Trade Center as Christopher Amoroso
2004 Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman as Man in Office
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding as Dominic Fabrizzi
2002 Mary/Mary as Manny