Jon Bernthal has enjoyed a career many of his peers would be envious of. While he has played notable supporting roles for a better part of his professional life, the talented actor got the role of a lifetime as Frank Castle in the Netflix/Marvel Television adaptation of The Punisher’s comic story. Before that, his résumé had films like Fury, Sicario, The Wolf of Wall Street, and shows like Daredevil and The Walking Dead.

Jon Bernthal has had a good career as an actor and we bet there are still many years to go before he hangs his hat as an entertainer.

Jon Bernthal Was Discovered By A Harvard Executive Director While At Moscow Art Theatre

After graduating from Sidwell Friends School in 1995, Jon Bernthal proceeded to Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, but dropped out of Skidmore to join Moscow Art Theater in Russia.

As he took in the cold state of the Russian weather and attended his classes at the theatre, the young talent was discovered by an executive director at Harvard, who was in charge of Harvard University’s Institute for Advanced Theater Training. Through the director’s help, he returned to America and completed his studies at the American Repertory Theater in Massachusetts.

He Started Appearing On Stage And Screen Upon His Return To New York

After graduation, Jon Bernthal returned to New York where he began appearing in theatre productions in 2002. So far in his career, he has starred in over 50 movies and television shows combined.

His first onscreen role came in the same year he went to New York – the actor debuted on the set of the movie Mary/Mary in a starring role as Manny. He went on to star in some of the biggest and best-reviewed films in that period. Jon garnered huge acclaim in the 2008 movie Bar Starz, portraying Donnie Pitron – a part which earned him several big roles in notable movies and TV series.

Jon Bernthal got a major break with his depiction of Al Capone in the 2009 film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian. However, The Wolf of Wall Street has remained the entertainer’s most notable film role to date. His other movie credits include World Trade Center, Day Zero, A Line in the Sand, The Ghost Writer, Snitch, Grudge Match, Fury, Sicario, among others.

Some Of His Excellent Performances On The Small Screen

Jon Bernthal’s first television role was recorded in Law & Order: Criminal Intent in 2002, breathing life into the character of Lane Ruddock in an episodic role. His most popular role on TV did not come through until eight years later in 2010 when he joined the cast of The Walking Dead, wherein he was cast as Shane Walsh; Jon’s character which was a regular ended in 2012.

The lines “One batch, two batch, penny and a dime” are the iconic words that come out of Jon Bernthal just before he kills a bad guy as Frank Castle/The Punisher in the second season of the Netflix superhero series titled Daredevil. Those are the words, along with his general portrayal of Frank Castle, that has cemented him in the pantheon of comic superheroes to debut onscreen. The role which he earned in 2015 was reprised in another Netflix series titled The Punisher released on the 17th of November 2017. Netflix renewed the show for the second season on the 18th of January 2019, but it lasted only one month before it was cancelled.

In television, his project selection has also been more than good with credits in shows like How I Met Your Mother, Boston Legal, The Walking Dead, Eastwick, Daredevil, and currently, The Punisher. His distinctive voice has also helped him get a couple of voice roles like in video games – Manhunt and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and in the film, Justice League vs Teen Titans where he played Trigon.

Jon Bernthal’s More Recent Projects

The veteran actor has also been gracing our screens in recent times. In 2017; he joined the cast of the directorial debut of Taylor Sheridan, Wind River and also Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver within the same year. Jon shared the screen with Richard Armitage and Tom Holland in an Irish action thriller Pilgrimage. The Peanut Butter Falcon which was released in 2018 had him on set in 2019 as the brother of Shia LaBeouf‘s character

Jon Bernthal’s other recent projects include Sweet Virginia in 2017 – of which a scene was shared on Jonbernthalfanpage on Instagram, Widows (2018) – a heist thriller by Steve McQueen, the reprisal of his Shane Walsh role in the What Comes After episode of The Walking Dead (season 9), and Ford v Ferrari in 2019,

Jon Bernthal’s next high profile project is going to be his role in The Many Saints of Newark. The film which is the prequel feature movie of HBO’s popular series The Sopranos will be released in March 2021.

So far in his career, he has starred in over 50 films and television shows, including more than 30 plays where he played the lead. Jon has 11 award nominations to his name thus far.

The Actor Has Accumulated Wealth In Excess Of $10 Million

Jon Bernthal is one of the most popular actors today and he has also starred in some of the most commercially successful films in recent times. It, therefore, comes as no surprise that he has a net worth of $10 million. He is also believed to have earned $80,000 per episode during his first run as Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead which is expected to be higher for his next appearance on the show due to the actor’s recent growth in popularity as The Punisher.

The actor’s remuneration for both The Punisher and The Walking Dead was reported to be $350, 000 per episode and he earned a whopping $1.6 million in the 2018 heist film Widows. Jon Bernthal is still active in the entertainment scene and it is expected that future reviews of his wealth will show a positive change.

The veteran actor has been investing in real estate; in 2015, he sold his Venice storybook-style cottage for $1.95 million – a property that was purchased at the price of $1.012 million with his wife in 2010.

Who Are The Members Of Jon Bernthal’s Family?

Jonathan Edward Bernthal’s journey to this much-coveted position as an actor could be said to have started when he was born on the 20th of September 1976 to a Jewish family in Washington D.C. His parents, Joan Lurie and Eric Lawrence Bernthal are upper-middle-class members of the society whose origins are traceable to the Ashkenazi Jewish race. Jon has a notable musician in his grandfather Murray Bernthal.

The famed actor grew up among successful people in Cabin John, Maryland, where he was raised and with his current standing as an actor, can also hold his head high among family members like his brothers, Nicholas Bernthal who is an orthopaedic surgeon and professor at UCLA and Thomas Bernthal, who is a three-time Emmy Award winner, as well as a former producer for NBC. Thomas is also the founder and chief executive officer of the business-consulting firm, Kelton Global.

Jon Bernthal Is A Husband And Father

It is a known fact that keeping enduring relationships is not one of the fortes of people in the entertainment industry but once in a while, we get to see a couple or two who have managed to sustain their union for a very long time. A good example is Jon Bernthal and his wife Erin Angle.

Erin is not part of the entertainment industry as she is involved in a mundane job as a trauma nurse; however, she is related to the famous Kurt Angle, her uncle who made a name in professional wrestling; though he is now retired.

The couple has been going steady prior to 2010, but they exchanged marriage vows on the 25th of September 2010 in a wedding ceremony officiated by Jon Bernthal’s acting teacher, Alma Becker.

The Bernthal family currently resides in Ojai, California, together with their two sons, Henry Bernthal born in August 2011 and Bill Bernthal born in January 2013. In February 2015, the couple received their third child – a daughter named Adeline Bernthal.