Jon Bernthal's television credits include roles in "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," "Boston Legal," "Jonny Zero," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and the movie "Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman." He has also guest starred in HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, WITHOUT A TRACE and CSI: MIAMI.

Bernthal appeared in the feature films "Mary/Mary," "Tony 'n' Tina's Wedding" and "World Trade Center" directed by Oliver Stone. His upcoming movies include "Day Zero," "Bar Starz" and "The Air I Breathe."

Amongst his stage credits are the Off-Broadway production of "The 5th of July" at New York's Signature Theatre, the Off-Off-Broadway production of "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," "Proof" at the Portland Stage Company, and "This is Our Youth" at the Studio Theatre in Washington, D.C. He has performed in more than 20 plays regionally and Off-Broadway, including many with his own theater company Fovea Floods.

Bernthal attended Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. He then studied at The Moscow Art Theatre School in Russia, where he also played 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 Master of Fine Arts. He graduated from the program in 2002.

Born and raised in Washington D.C., Bernthal currently lives in Los Angeles. His birth date is September 20.