Tom Bernthal

Bernthal was born the eldest of three boys in Washington, D.C., to Joan Lurie (née Marx) and Eric Lawrence "Rick" Bernthal, a former lawyer with Latham & Watkins LLP and currently chair of the board of directors for the Humane Society of the United States.^[3][4] His paternal grandfather was musician and producer Murray Bernthal.^[5] He has two brothers, Jon, an actor, and Nicholas, an orthopedic surgeon and professor at UCLA.^[6][7] Bernthal and his family are Jewish.^[8]

Bernthal grew up in Cabin John, Maryland. He attended the Sidwell Friends School.^[9]

Bernthal began his career working at the White House's Communication Office during the Bill Clinton administration.^[10] Following this stint, he worked as a news producer and journalist for NBC News.^[11] During his six years with NBC, Bernthal produced segments for the Today Show, Nightly News, Dateline, MSNBC and CNBC and won three Emmy Awards for his work.^[12]

In 2000, Bernthal moved to Los Angeles, where he continued to work for NBC before founding his own marketing and consulting agency in 2002, Kelton Global. He is a former CEO of the organization.^[2]

Bernthal has three children from his first wife, whom he divorced in 2020.^[13]

Bernthal began dating Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in the spring of 2019. The two were engaged in February 2020,^[14] and were married in August 2022.^[1]