History FakeAmerican / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/BabyDaddy'': Jean-Luc Bilodeau is French-Canadian, and although his accent rarely gives him away, his [[CanadaEh maple leaf/fleur-de-lis]] tattoo on his forearm (that is never covered up) sure does.

** The Cat was supposed to be portrayed as a flashy American type. Danny John-Jules had a decent accent, marked by occasional cat-like yowls, but once in a while British word usage would slip in (''e.g.'' referring to a period as a "full-stop") -- although that could be {{hand wave}}d by claiming he learned English from the British English documents on board the ''Dwarf'', he's revealed to have actually learned English by [[AliensStealCable watching American movies]], so who knows?

** Robert Llewellyn plays Kryten with an American accent. Like the Cat, Kryten is technically not an American (or even human); it's mentioned that he also learned English from American movies, in his case specifically ''Film/RebelWithoutACause'' (his idolisation of Creator/JamesDean helped him break his programming). The accent is much closer to a Canadian or northern US accent, which the creators have noted before.
** In his autobiography, when describing the formation of the character, Llewellyn explictly states Kryten's accent is meant to be an exaggerated Canadian.

** Canadian Keara Graves plays an American.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Both Castle and Beckett's actors, Creator/NathanFillion and Creator/StanaKatic respectively, are Canadians; although Katic did spend some of her childhood in the U.S. and does have dual nationality, she sounds considerably less New Yorker off-camera.

* British actor Creator/JasonIsaacs has played Americans on ''Series/{{Awake}}'', ''Series/TheWestWing'', ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery'', and ''Series/{{Brotherhood}}'', as well as films like ''Film/{{Fury|2014}}'' and ''Film/GreenZone''.

* ''Series/FellowTravelers'': ** English actors Jonathan Fuller and Creator/LinusRoache play American characters.
** Canadian Keara Graves plays an American as well.

* "[[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]" has American guest characters Grant and Lucy played by Canadian actor Justin Chatwin and English actress Charity Wakefield, respectively.

** Australian Creator/AishaDee plays African-American Aaliyah, (although she's half African-American herself on her dad's side but doesn't have US citizenship).

** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E4TheSontaranStratagem "The Sontaran Stratagem"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E5ThePoisonSky "The Poison Sky"]], British actor Ryan Sampson plays Luke Rattigan.

* ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'': The characters are high school students from a fictional town in New Jersey, USA. However, many are played by foreign actors: Canadian Creator/SophieNelisse as young Shauna; Australians Creator/LivHewson and Creator/CourtneyEaton (Van and Lottie); Englishwoman Creator/EllaPurnell as Jackie; New Zealander Creator/MelanieLynskey as older Shauna. The supporting characters Simone (Rukiya Bernard) and Jessica (Creator/RekhaSharma) are also played by Canadians.

** English actress Creator/Carmen Ejogo plays American Patricia Richards.

* ''Series/{{Moonlight}}'': Two of the main characters are played by Fake Americans: Creator/AlexOLoughlin (Australian) and Creator/SophiaMyles (British). In a subversion, Shannyn Sossamon, who is American, plays a FakeAmerican character (Coraline was born in pre-revolutionary France). In fact, most of the older vampires can be considered to be FakeAmerican characters, especially the 700-year old Lola (played by O'Loughlin's then-girlfriend Music/HollyValance, also an Aussie). Josef Kostan, played as a fake American by Jason Dohring (American), was originally supposed to be played by Rade Šerbedžija (Croatian) and would have had a thick Eastern European accent.

* ''Series/{{Numb3rs}}'': In the Season 5 finale, James Callis, a Brit, plays cult leader Mason Duryea with a believable Southern drawl.

** Australian Felix Mallard played Marcus.
* On ''Series/{{Glee}}'', Finn is played by Canadian Creator/CoryMonteith and Chinese-American Mike Chang is played by Chinese-Costa Rican Harry Shum Jr.

** Creator/ClaudiaBlack has a pretty feeble accent when she plays Crichton inhabiting Aeryn's body. Her body language, though? Pure Ben Browder.
** In an episode where John and Chiana are trapped inside a video game, Claudia Black plays a princess and affects a ridiculous Southern accent (with a lisp for some reason). Since it's a fairly silly episode anyway, it's a bit more forgivable.
** Gigi Edgley (who plays Chiana) drifts between an American accent and her native Australian accent, depending on the episode. Anthony Simcoe (who plays D'Argo) does a better job.
** During the 20-second ''Farscape'' parody scene in the 200th episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'', Canadian Michael Shanks is similarly feeble at Crichton's distinctly Southern accent. He says seven words, which is more than enough. This may have been intentional, given the over-the-top nature of the numerous other parodies in the episode (of course, Shanks' regular character in the show is ''also'' American, but he still sounds Canadian).

* ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'': In one episode, Mrs. Slocombe's American uncle is played by a Brit with a very unconvincing New York accent. And a [[CanadaEh Stetson hat]].

* ''Series/{{Spooks}}'' has various CIA agents who generally sound half New York City, half Midwestern, and thoroughly JerkAss. The later series have some dreadful accents (so bad even British people can tell), most notably Irish-Australian actress Creator/GenevieveOReilly as CIA operative Sarah Caulfield.

* The Film/SyFyChannelOriginalMovie ''Volcano in New York'' had the entire cast put on bad "Noo Yawk" accents.

** Creator/PaulBlackthorne (British) appeared in a ChristmasEpisode using a pretty bad American accent.

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': A few non-Americans portray American characters.

* ''Series/Accused2023'': Australian Creator/AishaDee plays African-American Aaliyah, (although she's half African-American herself on her dad's side but doesn't have US citizenship).