- Born
- Birth nameJonathan Edward Bernthal
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Jon Bernthal was born and raised in Washington D.C., the son of Joan (Marx) and Eric Bernthal, a lawyer. His grandfather was musician Murray Bernthal. Jon went to study at The Moscow Art Theatre School, in Moscow, Russia, where he also played professional baseball in the European professional baseball federation. While in Moscow, he was noticed by the director of Harvard University's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre and was invited to obtain his M.F.A there. After graduating in 2002 he has performed in over 30 plays regionally and off-Broadway including many with his own award-winning theatre company Fovea Floods. He now lives in Venice, California with his dog, Boss.
- IMDb mini biography by: pdid
- SpouseErin Angle(September 25, 2010 - present) (3 children)
- ChildrenBilly BernthalHenry Bernthal
- ParentsJoan Lurie MarxEric Lawrence Bernthal
- RelativesAdam Schlesinger(Cousin)
- Often plays emotionally damaged characters
- Often plays short-tempered characters
- His nose has been broken a reported 15 times to date (2026).
- Bernthal cites the event in 2009 as the epiphany that made him change his life. In 2009 a drunk man grabbed his dog. Afterwards the man and some of his buddies started following him home. After Bernthal warned him off and they didn't listen, Bernthal punched him in the face and was taken in to the police station as a consequence. The injured man woke up, later and witnesses came forward to say that he had menaced Bernthal before the actor punched him.
- His parents are both from Ashkenazi Jewish families (Jon's maternal grandfather was born in Munich, Germany, and Jon's other ancestors emigrated from Austria, Russia, Poland, and Lithuania).
- His favorite films are The Silence of the Lambs (1991), D.C. Cab (1983), A Prophet (2009), GoodFellas (1990) and True Romance (1993).
- As of 2022, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Ford v Ferrari (2019) and King Richard (2021).
- I mean, I hate when actors talk about how hard their job is. It's ridiculous, because we have the best job in the world.
- I don't tweet.
- I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.
- Bugs have always loved me.
- If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.
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