Biographie

His nose has been broken a reported 14 times to date (2018).

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).

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.

As of 2022, he has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Le loup de Wall Street (2013), Ford contre Ferrari (2019) and King Richard: Au-delà du jeu (2021).

His favorite films are Le silence des agneaux (1991), D.C. Cab (1983), Un prophète (2009), Les affranchis (1990) and À coeur perdu (1993).

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.