Jon Bernthal Height and Weight Stats

Bernthal was born and raised in Washington, D.C., the son of Joan Lurie and Eric Lawrence Bernthal, a lawyer with Latham & Watkins LLP. His paternal grandfather was musician and producer Murray Bernthal. He has two brothers, Nicholas and Thomas. His parents are both Jewish. After high school, Bernthal studied at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, and later attended The School of Moscow Art Theatrein Russia. During his time there, he played catcher on a semi-professional baseball team. He was discovered by the executive director of Harvard University’s Institute for Advanced Theater Training at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated in 2002 from the American Repertory Theatre with a Master of Fine Arts. Following his return to the U.S., Bernthal then obtained his M.F.A. from Harvard University’s Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre. After graduating, he pursued a career in theater, appearing in numerous Broadway and off-Broadway plays, before he began transitioning into onscreen work with appearances on shows like Boston Legal and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2006, Bernthal was cast in a starring role on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Class, after which he appeared alongside Elijah Wood in the indie feature Day Zero.
Berenthal scored the part of Al Capone in the sequel to the mega-successful Night at the Museum, and he had his most high-profile success to that point in 2010 when he was cast as Shane in the AMC zombie series The Walking Dead. He also appeared in Oren Moverman’s sophomore film, the cop drama Rampart.

Bio:

Jon Bernthal in The 19th Annual Critics' Choice Awards

Jon Bernthal in The 19th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards

Name: Jonathan Edward “Jon” Bernthal

Nickname: jonnybernthal

Date of Birth: September 20, 1976

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., U.S.

Place of Residence: Venice, California

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Education: Skidmore College, American Repertory Theatre

Body Stats:

Height: 5′, 11”180 cm

Weight: 165 lbs/ 75 kg

Shoe size:  11

Dress size: 12

Chest: 38 in/ 99 cm

Bicep: 15 in/ 38 cm

Hip Size: 33 in/ 84 cm

Ethnicity: White

Hair Color: Brown Dark

Eye Color: Brown Dark

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Fun Facts:

Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal

Relationships: Bernthal married Erin Angle, the niece of professional wrestler Kurt Angle, on September 25, 2010 in Potomac, Maryland

Children: He has two sons (born August 2011 and February 2013), and a daughter, Adeline (born February 2015)

Awards and Honors: 

  • 2011- Scream Award, Breakout Performance Male, Nominated

Hobbies and Interests: Baseball, boxing

Favorite Color: Purple

Favorite Food: Grilled chicken breast and cucumbers

Favorite Music: Stevie Wonder, John Mellancamp

Favorite Book: The Cut

Favorite Sports: Baseball

Favorite Actor: Woody Harrelson

 Favorite TV Show: “Game of Thrones”

Interesting Facts:

  • Together with his brother Nicholas, an orthopaedic surgeon at UCLA, Bernthal runs a nonprofit organization called Drops Fill Buckets, described as an “impact-driven, entrepreneurial approach to making a difference”.
  • In December 2013, Bernthal claimed to have broken his nose 13 times.
  • He has a pet dog, Boss.
  • He want to go to the Yugoslavian Riviera.
  • He’s great at playing a bad guy.
  • He also benefited from making the character more interesting than he is on the page, with Shane in the comics being a jealous ass who’s offed by the end of the first collected volume. The Punisher is a character who is often equally poorly served by his comic book iteration – knowing Bernthal has a history of fixing that is reassuring.
  • Bernthal appears as a playable character in the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare in a downloadable game mode “Exo Zombies”.
  • In June 2015, Marvel announced that Bernthal would portray Frank Castle / The Punisher in the second season of Netflix’s superhero series Daredevil, which will be released on March 18, 2016.
  • He also had supporting roles in the Martin Scorsese film The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and the sports comedy film Grudge Match (2013).
  • He played southerner Grady “Coon-Ass” Travis in the 2014 World War II film Fury, opposite Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, and Logan Lerman.

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