Marcus Scribner

Marcus Scribner (born January 7, 2000) is an American actor. He is best known for starring as Andre "Junior" Johnson Jr. in all eight seasons of the ABC sitcom Black-ish, before starring as Junior in its spin-off Grown-ish from the fifth season onward (also serving as the series' narrator, after guest starring in the second to fourth seasons and Mixed-ish), as well as voicing the characters Bow in the Netflix animated series She-Ra and the Princesses of Power and D’Angelo Baker in DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms.

In 2023, after starring in films for various streaming services, including YouTube Red, MUBI, Shudder, and Netflix, Scribner played a supporting role in his first live action film to have a wide release in theaters called How to Blow Up a Pipeline.

Early life and education Scribner was born and raised in Los Angeles. His name is derived from Roman and Greek mythology, like those of 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 biracial (African American and white). His father's family is from Los Angeles while his maternal grandmother is from England. At the time he was very shy and did not have any hobbies. In addition to sports, Scribner took an acting class and immediately fell in love with it. From that point, Scribner took acting classes on the weekends. Scribner later admitted that at the time, he was afraid of getting injured. 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 at public high school in 2014, by early 2015, he was enrolled in home school to accommodate his work schedule. Scribner received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy for his portrayal of Junior in the first season. In 2016, Scribner began voicing the recurring role of Smudge as a guest star on the Netflix animated series Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh. Later that summer Scribner started production on the Independent comedy Alexander IRL opposite Nathan Kress. With the launch of the Freeform spin-off Grown-ish, Scribner takes on a more prominent role during the fourth season of Black-ish. In 2018, it was announced that Scribner would star in thriller "Confessional."

Scribner voiced Bow in the animated Netflix series, She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. As his name suggests, Bow is a skilled archer. Bow is also the best friend of Glimmer and She-Ra.

In March 2022, it was announced that Scribner would be continuing as Andre Johnson Jr. by shifting over to Grown-ish for its fifth season, following the end of Black-ishs eight season run, replacing Yara Shahidi as the lead character and narrator of the series.

Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2015 The Good Dinosaur Buck (voice) 2017 Alexander IRL Darius 2020 Confessional Garrett Shudder original The F**k-It List Clint Farewell Amor DJ 2021 Ron's Gone Wrong Alex (voice) How to Blow Up a PipelineShawn 2023 How I Learned to Fly Daniel Davis Lead role 2025 Food for the Soul Trey Short film 2026 Pizza Movie Logan

Television Year Title Role Notes 2010 Castle Tim Thornton Episode: "Den of Thieves" 2012 New Girl Toby Episode: "Control" Wedding Band Ben Episode: "Get Down on It" 2013 Wendell & Vinnie Graham Episode: "Valentines & the Cultural Experience" 2014–2022 Black-ish Andre Johnson Jr. Main role 2016 American Dad! Movie Goer (voice) Episode: "Garfield and Friends" 2016–2017 Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh Smudge (voice) 7 episodes 2023–2024Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresBell Zettifar (voice)4 episodes 2025-Boston BlueJonah SilverSeries regular

Awards and nominations Year Association Category Nominated work Result 2015 NAACP Image Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Black-ish 2016 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Performance by a Youth 2016 Young Artist Awards Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in a TV Series 2017 Best Performance in a TV Series – Leading Teen Actor 2019 NAACP Image Awards NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series