| Intro | American actor |
| Was | Actor |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Film, TV, Stage & Radio |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 2 March 1984, New Orleans |
| Death |
13 July 2017, Atlanta (aged 33 years) |
John H. Bernecker (March 2, 1984 – July 13, 2017) was an American stunt performer.
Bernecker was born in New Orleans. He attended the University of New Orleans and Southeastern University.
Bernecker worked on over 90 films and television series, including Jonah Hex, Green Lantern, The Hunger Games film series, Logan and The Fate of the Furious.
On July 12, 2017, Bernecker was performing stunts on the television series The Walking Dead. During rehearsal of a stunt, Bernecker fell 20 feet onto a concrete floor, missing a placed safety cushion by “inches”, and sustained a severe head injury. This shut down production on the series. He was taken to Atlanta Medical Center and placed on life support. He died from his injuries the following day, aged 33.
Tributes were paid by people Bernecker worked with, including Walking Dead stars Norman Reedus, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan, Kellan Lutz, Paul Feig and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Bernecker was buried at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans.