The street level
Frank Castle
Punisher
AlivePlayed by Jon Bernthal
Who they arebeyond the guide
A marine whose family was killed in a crossfire he was the target of, working through the people responsible and then everyone like them. No powers, complete competence, and no line he recognises.
Alive — escaped Fisk's compound
- Appearances
- 5
Along the chronological spine
A life, in order
Every appearance in chronological order. Tap an entry to read what happens there.
- 2015 – 2018Season 2. His arrival changes the show's argument from whether Daredevil should exist to why he will not kill.Open Daredevil →
- 2017 – 2019The Punisher, Seasons 1–2 (2017, 2019) Frank Castle uncovers the military conspiracy behind his family's murder. Season 1 turns on Operation Cerberus, an off-books heroin-trafficking and assassination programme Castle unknowingly served in Afghanistan. Season 2 deals with the aftermath: Russo survives with his face destroyed and his memory fragmented, and Castle takes in a teenage witness, Amy Bendix, which is as close as the show comes to giving him a family again.Open The Punisher →
- 2025Matt and Frank Castle team up in the finale; Castle is captured and caged in Fisk's Red Hook compound. The post-credits scene has Castle escaping — which leads into The Punisher: One Last Kill special.Open Daredevil: Born Again, Season 1 →
- 2026A standalone Frank Castle special bridging his escape from Fisk's compound.Open The Punisher: One Last Kill →
- July 2026The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and Hulk appear. On the Punisher: I don't have scene-level detail.Open Spider-Man: Brand New Day →