A fourth generation Los Angeles native Marcus Scribner marked his arrival on January 7th in CedarsSinai the same hospital his mother was born Legacy has always ran strong in his family Beginning with his name His father Troy garnered his name through his fathers love of Greek and Roman history and mythology He continued this tradition with his own children Marcus and his sister Athena At age 10 when Marcus booked his first big guest star on the television show Castle he celebrated by getting his first puppy a feisty beagle he named Zeus In September 2014 he landed his first series regular playing Andre Jr on ABCs blackish The show went on to become the highest rated new comedy of the season Marcus has garnered an NAACP Image Award for the show And it has been honored with the prestigious Peabody Award multiple NAACP Awards and Emmy nominations He has always loved animation It was his dream come true to the rambunctious dinosaur Buck in Pixars The Good Dinosaur And to become a part of the DreamWorks family in the animated series Home Adventures with Tip Oh airing on Netflix Always the proponent for a positive message he is excited to be one of the leads in the upcoming feature in the upcoming teen feature Alexander IRL On his hiatus Marcus can be found traveling the globe doing humanitarian work The Beaches Resorts and Sandals Foundation just named him their first Youth Ambassador He has visited several islands in the Caribbean helping to bring a higher education to children He is also the Chief Youth Innovator for Reserve Protection Agency in South Africa who help to protect Africas beautiful animals An honor student he is working diligently towards his dream of attending one of the great Pac12 Universities Stanford and UCLA being his top choice