Jon Bernthal is an American actor known for his emotionally complex portrayals of tough, brooding characters. Bernthal received formal training at several drama schools and spent the early part of his career appearing in stage productions and in small roles on television. He had his career breakthrough in 2010, when he began playing Deputy Sheriff Shane Walsh in the first two seasons (2010–12) of the postapocalyptic series The Walking Dead. Since then he has established himself in film and television as both a charismatic leading man and a scene-stealing character actor. His notable roles include the titular vengeful Marvel comic book antihero in The Punisher TV series (2017–19), the corrupt cop Wayne Jenkins in the HBO true-crime drama miniseries We Own This City (2022), and the contract killer Braxton in The Accountant (2016) and its sequel (2025). In 2024 Bernthal won an Emmy Award for outstanding guest actor in a comedy series for his performance in an episode of The Bear. He played Menelaus, the king of Sparta, in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey (2026).
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