Master Thespian
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Master Thespian was a recurring character on American sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. Played by Jon Lovitz, Master Thespian was a ruthlessly ambitious egomanaical actor who spoke with a plummy "Shakespearean" English accent and often elicited the sympathy of other characters in the sketch, only to reveal the ruse by declaring his catchphrase, "Acting!" His arch-rival, Baudelaire, often has the last laugh in the escalating one-upmanship.
Lovitz's character in Subway Restaurants' 2006 advertisements bears an uncanny resemblance to Master Thespian. He is not addressed as such due to NBC owning the rights to the "Master Thespian" name.