Jon Bernthal

**Jon Bernthal**, born September 20, 1976 in Washington, District of Columbia, is an American actor. He stars in *We Own This City* as Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. He has previously appeared in the HBO drama series *The Pacific* as Sergeant Manuel Rodriguez, a US Marine and the HBO miniseries *Show Me a Hero* as civil rights attorney Michael H. Sussman. His break out role was starring as Shane Walsh in the AMC drama series *The Walking Dead*. He is well known for his role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe at Frank Castle also known as The Punisher, originating the role in the Netflix series *Daredevil* and carrying on as the title character in *The Punisher*. Bernthal worked with *We Own This City* director Reinaldo Marcus Green on his earlier film *King Richard* (2021).

## Biography

Bernthal worked with HBO on their earlier series *The Pacific* in 2010. He played US Marine Sergeant Manuel Rodriguez in two episodes of the World War II miniseries. *We Own This City* co-creator George Pelecanos was a writer and producer for *The Pacific*.

Bernthal was cast as Shane Walsh in the AMC horror drama *The Walking Dead* in 2010. His character was a police officer and became the leader of a group of survivors following a zombie apocalypse. He starred in the first two seasons of the series. His character comes into conflict with his former partner Rick Grimes after having an affair with his wife. Grimes eventually kills Walsh to protect himself from his murderous former partner. Bernthal later reprised his role for guest appearances in the third and ninth seasons. The show was initially developed by Frank Darabont.

Bernthal appeared in the Martin Scorsese film *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013). He played a stock broker named Brad.

Darabont cast Bernthal again in his next project, the drama miniseries *Mob City*. The series aired on TNT in 2013. Bernthal played organized crime boss Joe Teague in the show.

Bernthal returned to the World War II setting to play Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis in the drama film *Fury* (2014).

Bernthal was cast by *We Own This City* creator David Simon in his earlier miniseries *Show Me a Hero*. The drama aired in 2015. Bernthal starred as civil rights attorney Michael H. Sussman in the series. He is a hard nosed campaigner for affordable public housing despite vehement opposition from the people of Yonkers.

Bernthal was cast as Frank Castle AKA The Punisher in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He initially appeared as guest star in the series *Daredevil*. He reprised the role in the series *The Punisher* from 2017 to 2019.

He starred in the film *Baby Driver* (2017) as a bank robber named Griff. The film was directed by Edgar Wright.

He played Jonny Boy Soprano in *The Sopranos* prequel film *The Many Saints of Newark* (2021). His character is a made man in the DiMeo crime family and the father of Tony Soprano.

He played Rick Macci in the tennis biopic *King Richard* (2021) about the father of the Williams sisters. The film was directed by *We Own This City* director Reinaldo Marcus Green.

Bernthal reunited with Simon and Pelecanos on *We Own This City*. The series once again airs on HBO and focuses on police corruption. It also reunites Bernthal with his *King Richard* director Reinaldo Marcus Green. Bernthal stars in *We Own This City* as Baltimore Police Sergeant Wayne Jenkins. Jenkins is the leader of the wayward Gun Trace Task Force.