According to actor Jon Bernthal ("The Walking Dead"), he will portray Marvel Comics' vigilante 'Frank Castle' aka 'The Punisher' in Season 2 of the Marvel TV/Netflix TV series "Daredevil":
"...'The Punisher' is a vigilante who aims to clean up Hell’s Kitchen by any means necessary, no matter how lethal the results..."
"Jon Bernthal brings an unmatched intensity to every role he takes on, with a potent blend of power, motivation and vulnerability that will connect with audiences," said Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television.
"Castle’s appearance will bring dramatic changes to the world of 'Matt Murdock' and nothing will be the same."
Created by writer Gerry Conway, with illustrators John Romita, Sr. and Ross Andru, 'The Punisher' debuted in Marvel's "The Amazing Spider-Man #129 (Feb. 1974) as a vigilante who employs murder, kidnapping, extortion, coercion, threats of violence and torture in his 'war on crime'.
"Driven by the deaths of his wife and two children, who were killed by the mob during a shootout in New York City's Central Park, the 'Punisher' wages a one-man war on the mob and all criminals in general by using all manner of conventional war weaponry.
"A war veteran of the U.S. military, Frank Castle is a master of martial arts, stealth tactics, guerrilla warfare, and a wide variety of weapons..."
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