A face you won’t forget
Master Thespian
Played by Jon Lovitz
A ruthlessly ambitious, egomaniacal actor who speaks with a plummy "Shakespearean" English accent and often reveals his ruses by declaring his catchphrase, "Acting!" Created by Jon Lovitz, the character appeared 13 times between 1985 and…
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A ruthlessly ambitious, egomaniacal actor who speaks with a plummy "Shakespearean" English accent and often reveals his ruses by declaring his catchphrase, "Acting!" Created by Jon Lovitz, the character appeared 13 times between 1985 and 1989. Based on Canadian actor William Needles, who was Jon Lovitz's drama professor at the University of California at Irvine.
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