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 at the Phoenix Comicon in May 2017

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 its 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 †	TBA	Post-production
	Spider-Man: Brand New Day †	Frank Castle / The Punisher	Filming	[2]

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	19 episodes
2009–2010	Eastwick	Raymond Gardener	12 episodes
2010	Numb3rs	Mike Nash	Episode: "Growin' Up"
	The Pacific	Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez	2 episodes
2010–2012; 2018	The Walking Dead	Shane Walsh	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	6 episodes
2015	Show Me a Hero	Michael H. Sussman	4 episodes
2015; 2018	SuperMansion	Rat-A-Pult (voice)	4 episodes
2016	Daredevil	Frank Castle / The Punisher	12 episodes
2017–2019	The Punisher		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	6 episodes
	American Gigolo	Julian Kaye	8 episodes
2022–present	The Bear	Michael "Mikey" Berzatto	6 episodes
2025–present	Daredevil: Born Again	Frank Castle / The Punisher	2 episodes
2026	His & Hers †	Detective Jack Harper	6 episodes
	Untitled Punisher special †	Frank Castle / The Punisher	Disney+ special; also writer

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	[3]
1999	Cher Molière	Molière	Philip Moeller	Institute for Advanced Theater Training	[4]
2000	Man of La Mancha	Sancho Panza	Dale Wasserman	Moscow Art Theatre	[4]
	Spring Awakening	Moritz Steifel	Frank Wedekind	Moscow Art Theatre	[4]
2001	Othello	Lodovico / Iago (understudy)	William Shakespeare	American Repertory Theater	[5][6]
2002	Marat/Sade	Inmate	Peter Weiss	American Repertory Theater	[7]
	This Is Our Youth	Dennis	Kenneth Lonergan	Studio Theatre, Washington D.C.	[8][9]
	The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui	Arturo Ui	Bertolt Brecht	Ontological-Hysteric Theater	[10]
2003	Fifth of July	Understudy	Lanford Wilson	Signature Theatre, Off-Broadway	[11]
	Proof	Hal	David Auburn	Portland Stage Company	[12]
2007	Fat Pig	Carter (replacement)	Neil LaBute	Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles	[13]
2011	Small Engine Repair	Terrance Swaino	John Pollono	Theatre Theater / Rogue Machine Theatre
2025	Ironbound	Tommy	Martyna Majok	Ojai Theater Festival, Ojai
2026	Dog Day Afternoon	Sonny Amato	Stephen Adly Guirgis	Broadway debut; August Wilson Theatre	[14]

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)	[15]
2019	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint		Also motion capture performance