 He booked his first regular role on a television series with the CBS sitcom "The Class"; the show was canceled after one season.After this he had roles in films such as "Day Zero", and Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center".In 2009, Bernthal was a series regular on the ABC television series "Eastwick", and starred alongside actress Jaime Ray Newman (his future co-star in "The Punisher"); "Eastwick" was canceled after one season.