Jon Bernthal
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Bernthal at the Fury premiere in 2014
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| Born |
Jonathan Edward Bernthal September 20, 1976 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Skidmore College (BA) Harvard University (MFA) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Spouse(s) | Erin Angle (m. 2010) |
| Children | 3 |
Jonathan Edward "Jon" Bernthal (born September 20, 1976) is an American actor best known for his television role as Shane Walsh on the AMC series The Walking Dead and film roles in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Fury (2014), Sicario (2015), and The Accountant (2016). He portrayed Joe Teague in Mob City and Punisher in the Netflix series Daredevil, he is set to reprise his role in the Netflix series The Punisher.
Bernthal was born and raised in Washington, D.C., the son of Joan Lurie (née Marx) and Eric Lawrence "Rick" Bernthal, a lawyer with Latham & Watkins LLP. His paternal grandfather was musician and producer Murray Bernthal. He has two brothers, Nicholas and Thomas. His family is Jewish.
After high school, Bernthal briefly studied at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, and later attended The School of Moscow Art Theatre in Russia. During his time there, he played catcher on a semi-professional baseball team.
Bernthal was discovered by the executive director of Harvard University's Institute for Advanced Theater Training at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated in 2002 from the American Repertory Theater with a Master of Fine Arts.
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