Marcus Scribner (born January 7, 2000) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring as Andre Johnson, Jr. on the ABC sitcom Black-ish. Scribner won the NAACP Image Award for NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth for his portrayal of Junior.
Scribner was born on January 7 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and raised in Los Angeles. His name is derived from Roman and Greek mythology, like his father Troy and sister Athena. Scribner also has a dog named Zeus whom he adopted as a puppy to commemorate his first professional acting job. Similar to his character on Black-ish, his father is Black while his mother is half-black and half-white. His father's family is from Los Angeles while his maternal grandmother is from England. Scribner attended a primarily Jewish elementary school. He began studying acting at age seven. At the time he was very shy and didn't have any hobbies. In addition to sports, Scribner took an acting class and immediately fell in love with it. From at point, Scribner took acting classes on the weekends. Scribner later admitted that at the time, he was afraid of getting injured. Despite that, he enjoys sports such as basketball and lacrosse and also loves video games. When he was in kindergarten, Scribner hit his head on concrete while playing basketball and had to get five staples. Scribner started playing the clarinet in fifth grade. Though Scribner started a public high school in 2014, by early 2015, he was enrolled in home school to accommodate his work schedule.