Cornelius Smith Jr. (born March 18, 1982 in Detroit, Michigan) is an actor best known for his portrayal of Frankie Hubbard on the ABC daytime drama All My Children since December 2007. He received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2009. 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, Michigan. 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 NYU and received his Master of Fine Arts in Acting.