List of Jon Bernthal performances

Jon Bernthal is an American actor. The following are his roles on stage and screen. He made his television debut in a minor role in the NBC crime series Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002 and film debut in the independent drama Mary/Mary in 2002.

Bernthal's early roles include supporting parts such as a police officer during 9/11 in the Oliver Stone drama World Trade Center (2006), Al Capone in the family comedy Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), a ghostwriter's agent in the Roman Polanski neo-noir thriller The Ghost Writer (2010), a drug dealer in the Martin Scorsese crime drama The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), a tank loader in the David Ayer war film Fury (2014), a police officer in the Denis Villeneuve crime thriller Sicario (2015), and a thug in the Edgar Wright action crime film Baby Driver (2017). He took more prominent roles in The Accountant (2016) and it's 2025 sequel, Lee Iacocca in the sports drama Ford v. Ferrari (2019), Rick Macci in the sports drama King Richard (2021), Johnny Soprano in the mob movie The Many Saints of Newark (2021), and the husband of Isabel Wilkerson in the racial drama Origin (2023). He also took roles in the John Pollono's crime drama Small Engine Repair (2021) and the Lena Dunham directed Sharp Stick (2022), which he served as a producer and executive producer respectively.

On television, he took starring roles as Shane Walsh in the AMC horror series The Walking Dead from 2010 to 2012 and Frank Castle / The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero series Daredevil (2016), The Punisher (2017–2019), and Daredevil: Born Again (2025–present). He has also taken roles in the HBO World War II drama miniseries The Pacific (2010), the TNT miniseries Mob City (2013), the HBO miniseries Show Me a Hero (2015), and We Own This City (2022). For his recurring guest role as drug addict Michael Berzatto in the FX on Hulu series The Bear (2022–present), he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.

Acting credits

Film

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2002 Mary/Mary Manny
2004 Tony n' Tina's Wedding Dominic Fabrizzi
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman Man in Office
2006 World Trade Center Christopher Amoroso
2007 The Air I Breathe Interviewer
Day Zero James Dixon
2008 Bar Starz Donnie Pintron
A Line in the Sand Banzai
2009 Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Al Capone
2010 The Ghost Writer Rick Ricardelli
Date Night Young Man
2011 Rampart Dan Morone
2013 Snitch Daniel James
Grudge Match B.J. Rose
The Wolf of Wall Street Brad Bodnick
2014 Fury Pfc. Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis
2015 Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Mr. McCarthy
Sicario Ted
We Are Your Friends Paige Morrell
2016 Justice League vs. Teen Titans Trigon (voice) Direct-to-DVD
The Accountant Braxton Wolff
The Escape Holt Short film
2017 Wind River Matt Rayburn
Baby Driver Griff
Sweet Virginia Sam
Pilgrimage The Mute
Shot Caller Frank "Shotgun"
2018 Widows Florek Gunner
2019 The Peanut Butter Falcon Mark
Ford v Ferrari Lee Iacocca
2020 Viena and the Fantomes Monroe
2021 Those Who Wish Me Dead Sheriff Ethan Sawyer
King Richard Rick Macci
Small Engine Repair Terrance Swaino Also producer
The Many Saints of Newark Johnny Soprano
The Unforgivable Blake
2022 Sharp Stick Josh Also executive producer
2023 Origin Brett
2025 The Accountant 2 Braxton Wolff [1]
The Amateur Jackson O'Brien
2026 The Odyssey Menelaus Filming
Spider-Man: Brand New Day Frank Castle / The Punisher Pre-production

Television

Year Title Role Notes Refs.
2002 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lane Ruddock Episode: "Malignant"
2004 Without a Trace Alex Genya Episode: "Bait"
Dr. Vegas Greg Episode: "Dead Man, Live Bet"
Boston Legal Michael Shea Episode: "Questionable Characters"
2005 Jonny Zero Brett Parish Episode: "I Did It All for the Nooky"
CSI: Miami Harry Klugman 2 episodes
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Sherm Hempell Episode: "Goliath"
How I Met Your Mother Carlos Episode: "Purple Giraffe"
2006–2007 The Class Duncan Carmello Main cast; 19 episodes
2009–2010 Eastwick Raymond Gardener Main cast; 12 episodes
2010 Numb3rs Mike Nash Episode: "Growin' Up"
The Pacific Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez 2 episodes
2010–2012; 2018 The Walking Dead Shane Walsh Lead cast; 20 episodes
2012 Harry's Law Lucas Trassino Episode: "The Whole Truth"
2012; 2017 Robot Chicken Hawkeye / Shane Walsh (voices) 2 episodes
2013 Mob City Detective Joe Teague Lead cast; 6 episodes
2015 Show Me a Hero Michael H. Sussman Main cast; 4 episodes
2015; 2018 SuperMansion Rat-A-Pult (voice) 4 episodes
2016 Daredevil Frank Castle / The Punisher Main cast; 12 episodes
2017–2019 The Punisher Lead role; 26 episodes
2018–2019 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ilan 2 episodes
2021 The Premise Chase Milbrandt Episode: "Moment of Silence"
2022 We Own This City Wayne Jenkins Lead cast; 6 episodes
American Gigolo Julian Kaye Lead cast; 8 episodes
2022–2025 The Bear Michael "Mikey" Berzatto Recurring cast; 6 episodes
2025–present Daredevil: Born Again Frank Castle / The Punisher Main cast; 2 episodes
2026 Untitled Punisher Disney+ special Lead role; Also serving as a writer
TBA His & Hers Detective Jack Harper 6 episodes
Key
Denotes series that have not yet been released

Theater

Year Title Role Playwright Venue Refs.
1994 Scenes From The New World Boots/ Waiter Eric Bogosian Studio 1019 [2]
1999 Cher Molière Molière Philip Moeller Institute for Advanced Theater Training [3]
2000 Man of La Mancha Sancho Panza Dale Wasserman Moscow Art Theatre [3]
Spring Awakening Moritz Steifel Frank Wedekind Moscow Art Theatre [3]
2001 Othello Lodovico / Iago (understudy) William Shakespeare American Repertory Theater [4][5]
2002 Marat/Sade Inmate Peter Weiss American Repertory Theater [6]
This Is Our Youth Dennis Kenneth Lonergan Studio Theatre, Washington D.C. [7][8]
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Arturo Ui Bertolt Brecht Ontological-Hysteric Theater [9]
2003 Fifth of July Understudy Lanford Wilson Signature Theatre, Off-Broadway [10]
Proof Hal David Auburn Portland Stage Company [11]
2007 Fat Pig Carter (replacement) Neil LaBute Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles [12]
2011 Small Engine Repair Terrance Swaino John Pollono Theatre Theater / Rogue Machine Theatre
2026 Dog Day Afternoon Sonny Amato Stephen Adly Guirgis Broadway debut [13]

Video games

Year Title Voice role Notes Refs.
2003 Manhunt Cerberus Motion capture performance only
2014 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Corporal Jim Decker Playable character in the downloadable game mode "Exo Zombies"
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Cole D. Walker Also motion capture performance for downloadable content (DLC) [14]
2019 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Also motion capture performance

References

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  5. ^ "Othello at American Repertory Theater Loeb Drama Center 2001–2002". abouttheartists.com. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  6. ^ "Marat/Sade Plays MA's American Rep, Feb. 15 – March 17 | Playbill". Playbill. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  7. ^ Horwitz, Jane (June 4, 2002). "Studio's Double Load of Kenneth Lonergan". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
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  9. ^ "Brecht Point". Retrieved November 30, 2017.
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  12. ^ "Atkinson, Bernthal, Newman, Sikora to Join Geffen's Fat Pig". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  13. ^ "Stephen Adly Guirgis Dog Day Afternoon Play Sets Broadway Debut". Playbill. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
  14. ^ "Ghost Recon Breakpoint News, Updates & Videos | Ubisoft (US)". ghost-recon.ubisoft.com. Retrieved January 5, 2020.