Jon Bernthal

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. Since 2002, Bernthal has performed in over 30 plays regionally and Off-Broadway, including many with his own award-winning theatre company, Fovea Floods. He also had small guest roles in television series such as Boston Legal , CSI: Miami , and How I Met Your Mother . Bernthal booked his first regular role on a television series with the sitcom The Class , which was created by Friends co-creator David Crane. After this, he had roles in films such as World Trade Center and Day Zero .

In 2009, Bernthal had a supporting role in the Ben Stiller comedy film Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as mobster Al Capone. The same year, he became a series regular on the television series Eastwick .

In 2010, Berthnal portrayed Sgt. Manuel Rodriguez on the HBO miniseries The Pacific . Bernthal portrayed Shane Walsh in Frank Darabont's The Walking Dead , based on the comic book series of the same name. He was a regular on the show until 2012 and was nominated for the Breakout Performance – Male Award at the 2011 Scream Awards for his performance. That same year, he guest starred in an episode of NBC's legal comedy-drama series Harry's Law as Lucas Trassino. In 2013, he appeared in the crime drama film Snitch .