Social media has wrongly accused a voiceover artist of being the 'fake tradie' in a Liberal party advertisement, while the Coalition has claimed the man wearing high-vis is an actual tradesman.

The Liberal campaign released a 30-second advertisement on Sunday night featuring a tradesman fuming over Bill Shorten who he said 'wants to go to war' on the economy.

'I reckon we should just stick it through, and stick with the current mob for a while,' the tradesman says in the video.

The clip was 'spoken by A. MacRae', leading many social media users to post the profile of Sydney voiceover artist Andrew MacRae.

But Mr MacRae told Daily Mail Australia he had nothing to do with the ad - and he's had a 'very sleepless night' over the confusion.

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A Liberal party advertisement has been accused of using a 'fake tradie' with a voice credit to 'A. MacRae', who many claimed was Sydney voiceover artist Andrew Macrae

Mr MacRae said people have been sharing his social media accounts accusing him of being the 'fake tradie'

'It's a case of mistaken identity,' Mr MacRae said.

'It kind of went a little bit ballistic. It went a bit crazy. My website was posted and my LinkedIn account.

Voiceover actor Andrew MacRae (pictured) has denied he was involved in the advertisement

'I'm actually considering my options to be honest with you.'

Mr MacRae said he was watching the sitcom Modern Family when the advertisement came on, shocking him when his initial and surname popped up on screen.

'Did I do something when I was in a coma?'

Mr MacRae said he thought the agency responsible could have mistakenly used a previous advertisement he had cut unrelated to politics as a template.

He pointed out there were two voices in the advertisement – the actor and the voiceover at the end, and yet there was only one voice credit.

'The voiceover bit at the end is a different voice to the actor. So there's two people in the ad and neither of them are me.

'My Twitter's going ballistic. #FakeTradie's now trending. The Project has called me and wants me to go on camera.

'It's not me in the ad, I had nothing to do with the ad.'

Mr MacRae said he has never done any work for either of the major parties but has voiced public service announcements about wearing life jackets for the New South Wales government.

'A long time ago I did a government commercial for life jacket awareness. At the end of that it was 'authorised by the NSW Government, Sydney, and spoken by A. MacRae'.

'Whatever advertising agency was used for last night's commercial they may have just used a standard template and forgot to change the name.'

He has also done work for alcohol brand Wild Turkey, Sydney Trains, Lifeline and the Sydney Opera House.

A spokesperson for the Coalition told Daily Mail Australia on Monday the man in the advertisement is a tradesman.

'The claims are wrong. The name of the person who appears in the ad is A. MacRae and he is a tradie,' the spokesperson said.

The advertisement was widely mocked on social media, with #FakeTradie trending on Twitter. However, voice artist Andrew MacRae has denied involvement in the advertisement, and the Coalition said the man was a real tradesman

A union for Australian manufacturing workers said they 'think we have found #faketradie'

Around midday on Monday, Andrew MacRae wrote on Twitter to reiterate he was not in the advertisement.

'Dear all, It's not me. I'm not in the ad. I didn't voice the ad. I had nothing to do with the ad.'

John Setka, the Victorian State Secretary of CFMEU Construction & General Division, wrote on Twitter on Monday the man was not a member of the union.

'The CFMEU would like to categorically state that #FakeTradie is NOT a member of our union,' Mr Setka wrote.

An online petition has also called Mr MacRae the 'fake tradie' actor.

'We've all seen the ridiculous farce - obviously an actor (Andrew MacRae) - pretending to give his personal opinion about the LNP,' the Change.org petition reads.

It calls for the voiceover artist to star in a Labor advertisement as himself regarding arts cuts, 'if he does care for his fellow artists'.

The clip was widely mocked on Twitter on Sunday night for apparently being contrived, with satiral Twitter accounts made.

'Poor Andrew Macrae,' another wrote on Twitter. 'Do you think you'll ever work again after #faketradie?'

Mr MacRae wrote on Twitter on Monday: 'Dear all, It's not me. I'm not in the ad. I didn't voice the ad. I had nothing to do with the ad'

Social media pulled apart the short advertisement on Sunday night, questioning why his saw-stool was set up in a lane outside the fencing and why he had a ceramic mug on a building site

The advertisement was widely mocked on Twitter. 'He just wants a fair go dinki di VB shannon noll BBQ crack at negatively gearing his 5th home,' a union wrote

A satirical 'Fake Tradie' Twitter account was created on Sunday night to mock the advertisement

'Labor's declared war on banks, mines and blokes like me, while the Libs have declared war on decent campaign ads,' the satirical account wrote

'Fair dinkum blokes and sheilas, this Malcolm fella cares about jobs - he sold his soul to keep his!' the satirical Twitter account wrote

'Are you blokes and sheilas a few spanners short of a toolkit? Better a #faketradie than our #fakeleader,' the satirical account wrote

'I was just having a smoko when a bloke asked for a quote,' @FakeTradie wrote

'Time for smoko. Popping over to the shopes to pick up a meat pie, a chocolate milk, and a couple of investment properties,' @FakeTradie wrote