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. He gained internal prominence for his performance as Frank Castle / The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero series Daredevil (2016), The Punisher (2017–2019), and Daredevil: Born Again (2025), the television special The Punisher: One Last Kill (2026), and the film Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026).

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), the husband of Isabel Wilkerson in the racial drama Origin (2023), and Menelaus in Christopher Nolan’s epic fantasy action film The Odyssey (2026). 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, one of his most well known starring roles is Shane Walsh in the AMC horror series The Walking Dead which he portrayed as a series regular from 2010 to 2012. He has also taken on roles in the CBS sitcom The Class (2006–2007), 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), and the Netflix miniseries His & Hers (2026). For his recurring guest role as drug addict Michael Berzatto in the FX on Hulu series The Bear (2022–2026), he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series.