Cornelius Smith Jr.
Cornelius Smith Jr. | |
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Born |
Detroit, Michigan, U.S. | March 18, 1982
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 2007–present |
Cornelius Smith Jr. (born March 18, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan) is an actor best known for his portrayal of Frankie Hubbard on the ABC soap opera All My Children from December 2007 until September 2011. He received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2009. Smith also played in an episode of Criminal Minds in 2012. Smith currently plays Marcus Walker on the ABC drama series Scandal.
Smith graduated from the Class of 2000 from Cass Tech High School in Detroit. Then he went on to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Cornelius is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. After attending Southern Methodist University for his undergraduate education, he went to New York University and received his Master of Fine Arts in Acting.
Awards
Won
- NAACP Image Awards: 2010, Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Nominations
- Daytime Emmy Awards: 2009, Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series
- NAACP Image Awards: 2009, Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Filmography
- All My Children as Frankie Hubbard; December 2007 to September 2011
- Life Lines: Before His Last Breath as Man (2009)
- Criminal Minds: God as Tony Anders (2012)
- Major Crimes as Rangemaster R. Morton (2013)
- Anatomy of Deception as Steve (2014)
- Forever as Fabian North (2014)
- Whitney as Michael Houston (2015)
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D as Case (2015)
- Scandal as Marcus Walker (2015-)
- You Never Left (Short film) as Lamar (2015)