A non-British actor pretending to be a British character. They tend to get the accent either a) wrong, b) generic, rather than specific to a British region or c) too Cockney. In fact, 'Cockney' (think the accent that Bart Simpson adopts whenever he pretends to be a Londoner) is pretty much the most commonly affected English accent (other than Received Pronunciation) by American actors and typically derided by British audiences. A subtrope of Fake Nationality, and cousin to Fake American. Examples of Fake Brit include: