A taxi driver has been fired after allegedly faking a heart attack to get out of a short fare.

A taxi driver’s dramatic performance to try to get out of a short fare has cost him his job after being caught on camera pretending to have a heart attack.

The 13 CABS driver picked up a woman from Sydney Airport, but things quickly turned sour when he became unimpressed with how short the trip was.

In a video, which was shared on A Current Affair, the passenger can be heard accusing the cabbie of refusing to drive her to Annandale as requested due to the “short fare”.

The man reportedly pulled over to the side of the road in Sydenham and refused to drive any further, claiming he was having a medical episode.

Footage filmed by the passenger shows the driver standing outside the car claiming he is sick.

“You are frustrated with me. I am very sick. I go to the doctor and take a medicine,” the cabbie says.

“I am not driving ma’am. My condition is not well.”

When the passenger tries to tell him he can’t just drop her off in the middle of nowhere, the man says he can’t drive because he is sick and may have a car accident.

He then starts leaning against a tree clutching his chest, only stopping to speak over the passenger and repeatedly tell her he can’t drive.

But the passenger wasn’t buying his story.

“You said you wanted to turn the metre off because you wanted a bigger fare,” she said.

“You said you wanted a larger fare than the airport to Annandale.”

At this point the driver dramatically falls to his knees while holding his hand over his heart.

“You’re going to have a brilliant, brilliant Oscar award for this,” the passenger can be heard saying.

The incident was reported to 13 CABS, and the company’s chief operating officer, Stuart Overell, told A Current Affair the driver’s employment had been terminated.

After checking out the driver’s logs, it was clear the time stamps matched the passenger’s claims.

The driver was reportedly pulled in for a formal interview and sacked when he couldn’t justify his actions.

“He should go and get a career in acting because cab driving is not in his future,” Mr Overell said.

NSW Taxi Council deputy chief executive Nick Abrahim said drivers weren’t allowed to refuse a passenger because of a short journey.

The only time cab drivers can reject a job is if the driver is finishing up their shift.