Walking Dead alum Jon Bernthal stars in HBO’s We Own This City

Renee Hansen

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 21: Jon Bernthal attends HBO's "We Own This City" New York Premiere at Times Center on April 21, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

Jon Bernthal will always be remembered for his portrayal of Shane Walsh in The Walking Dead series. He did an outstanding job bringing life to Rick Grimes’ best friend and partner and creating the character fans loved to hate. Bernthal’s latest project, We Own This City, will release on HBOmax this week.

Bernthal portrayed Shane in seasons 1 and 2 of The Walking Dead, and his death was shocking and unexpected. He planned to lure his best friend to a field and kill him to have Rick’s family as his own. This plan backfired, and Rick got a leg up and killed Shane instead. What Rick didn’t expect was for Shane to reanimate, as he hadn’t been bit by a walker. This resulted in two things, his son Carl shooting Shane’s undead form and proving that what Dr. Jenner told him at the CDC was true, everyone is infected.

Since leaving the series, Bernthal has taken on many memorable roles, and his latest is sure to be another on that list.

Jon Bernthal – We Own This City

We Own This City is a six-hour miniseries based on the book written by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton that chronicles the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force. The series was developed and written by David Simon and George Pelecanos and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green which releases on HBOmax on April 25.

This series takes a deep dive into the corruption and moral decline of this task force within the Baltimore Police Department.

We Own This City trailer

We Own This City cast

Jon Bernthal as Sgt. Wayne Jenkins
Wunmi Mosaku as Nicole Steele
Jamie Hector as Sean M. Suiter
McKinley Belcher III as Momodu “G Money” Gondo
Darrell Britt-Gibson as Jemell Rayam
Josh Charles as Daniel Hersl
Dagmara Domińczyk as Erika Jensen
Rob Brown as Maurice Ward
Don Harvey as John Sieracki
David Corenswet as David McDougall
Larry Mitchell as Scott Kilpatrick
Ian Duff as Ahmed Jackson
Delaney Williams as Kevin Davis
Lucas Van Engen as Leo Wise

Also starring Treat Williams, Gabrielle Carteris, Tray Chaney, Domenick Lombardozzi, Thaddeus Street, Nathan E. Corbett, Chris Clanton, Jermaine Crawford and Christopher R. Anderson.

Bernthal and other cast members below look dapper at the We Own This City premiere in NYC.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 21: (L-R) Reinaldo Marcus Green, Jamie Hector, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Jon Bernthal and George Pelecanos attend HBO’s “We Own This City” New York Premiere at Times Center on April 21, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)

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Renee Hansen

Renee Hansen, a contributing writer for Undead Walking, joined the Fansided family in 2019. She has written for numerous sites, including Netflix Life, Winter is Coming, Show Snob, Audio Phix, and Stairway to 11. She covers a wide range of pop culture topics, from horror, zombies, and romantic comedies to music and period dramas. Renee has also conducted interviews with many notable figures, including Lennie James, Steven Ogg, Tom Payne, Josh Hamilton, Carrie Genzel, Cooper Andrews, Dan Fogler, and Vince Neil. She has also hosted panels at various events, such as The Camp Events and Atlanta Comic Convention. When not writing, Renee enjoys watching new TV and movie releases, revisiting 80s movies, or rewatching The Walking Dead.