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Jon Bernthal 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). For his recurring guest role as restaurant owner and drug addict 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).
In June 2015, Marvel announced that Bernthal would play Frank Castle / The Punisher in season two of Netflix’s superhero series Daredevil, which was released on March 18, 2016. Although he initially hesitated to join a superhero franchise, Bernthal decided to take the role after admiring the performances of actors Charlie Cox (Matt Murdock / Daredevil) and Vincent D’Onofrio (Wilson Fisk / Kingpin) in the previous season of Daredevil. Critics commended Bernthal’s performance as the Punisher, with IGN calling it “an absolutely stellar, gutting performance. Comic book writer and the Punisher’s co-creator Gerry Conway called Bernthal’s performance a favorite on-screen portrayal of the character and said, “Jon Bernthal gives The Punisher the kind of pathos that’s underneath the tough guy and I really like that.”
Despite not initially being ordered by Netflix, the network spun-off the character’s self-titled series The Punisher, released on November 17, 2017. His portrayal of the title character in season one was commended as a “truly remarkable and intense performance” for its emotional depth and “possibly the best grizzly antihero performance among all of Marvel’s Netflix series to date. Bernthal likes to perform his own stunts on the show. On December 12, 2017, it was announced that the show had been renewed for season two by Netflix, which was released on January 18, 2019. A month after the season aired, the show was canceled. In March 2023, it was confirmed that Bernthal would reprise his role as Frank Castle / The Punisher in Daredevil: Born Again, which is in production for Disney+ and premiered on March 4, 2025.
The featured 8 x 10 Photo has been signed by Jon Bernthal who portrayed Frank Castle in the classic series The Punisher. Bernthal has added an awesome “Punisher” sketch. The Photo includes an official James Spence Authentication (JSA) hologram and matching COA for authenticity purposes.
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