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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), and Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026). For his recurring guest role as restaurant owner 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jon Bernthal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Jon Bernthal

Frank Castle
for Frank Castle in The Defenders 2015
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The Defenders is a 2015 American Superhero film that was directed by Gore Verbinski, produced by Kevin Feige and distributed by Marvel Studios and Walt Disney Pictures. The film stars Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Finn Jones, Jon Bernthal, Elodie Yung, Elden Henson, Deborah Ann Woll, Rosario Dawson, Rachel Taylor, Jessica Henwicks, Vincent D'Onofrio, David Tennant, Mahershala Ali, Sigourney Weaver and Ben Barnes. The film shows the 6 street level heroes teaming up once Kingpin got out of prison and is forming a alliance to take control of New York city. The Defenders was released on July 20th 2015 and received Positive reviews, critics praised the film's Cinematography, Score, Performance (Particularly Ritter), action sequences and it's themes.