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Bernard received a Master of Fine Arts degree from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco after attending Illinois State University.

He performed in A.C.T. stage productions:

• Good with William Hurt
• As You Like It
• Hamlet
• The Diary of Anne Frank
• The Cherry Orchard

At the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles, he performed in Scenes From an Execution, with Frank Langella.

Bernard has made guest appearances on Walker, Texas Ranger, F/X: The Series, Babylon 5, Maloney, and Silk Stalkings and appeared as a regular on the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless. He has appeared in the feature films Vegas-City of Dreams, The Killing Jar, and the short film The Colonel's Last Flight.

In 2001 he joined the cast of the FOX Network's television drama 24, where he played Tony Almeida, a government agent for a fictional agency called CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit). Bernard held the role for three seasons until his character, along with several others, was written out at the end of Season 3 (2004). His absence was short-lived, however, as he returned within the first seven hours of the fourth season (2005) credited as "Special Guest Star", and he remained on the show for the rest of the season.

His name returned to be credited on the main cast at fifth season (2006), and he will return for the season 7 premiere as a main cast member once more.

He is of Polish and Spanish descent. His mother was from Madrid. He also speaks fluent Spanish.

Carlos Bernard married actress Sharisse Baker in 1999. They have one child, daughter Natalie, born in August, 2003.