Mr Macaroni just graduated with a distinction from a UK acting school

Mr Macaroni has earned a Master of Arts with Distinction in Performance from Mountview in the UK, and fans are celebrating a big win for the comedian.

Mr Macaroni has added another title to his name, and this one comes with a distinction. The comedian and actor, whose real name is Adebowale “Debo” Adedayo, has graduated with a Master of Arts in Performance from the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts in the United Kingdom.

He shared a video of the graduation ceremony on social media on November 4, 2026, and the comments quickly filled up with congratulations from fans and well-wishers

For a lot of people, this shows a different side of the man behind the famous skit character. Mr Macaroni became a household name playing a womaniser who spends lavishly on young ladies and ends up regretting it. Since then, he’s appeared in several Nollywood blockbusters. But he’s no stranger to the classroom. He first studied Theatre Arts at Redeemer’s University in Ede, Osun State, so the master’s feels like a natural next step for a trained actor.

The training wasn’t only on paper either. Earlier this year, he posted pictures from a Mountview play called 55 Days, where he took on the role of Lord Commander Thomas Fairfax. It was a long way from skit comedy and a good look at his range.

Away from the screen, Macaroni is also known as an outspoken activist who speaks up on social and economic justice. That has won him the admiration of millions of Nigerians, but it has also brought trouble, including an arrest in February 2021 that sparked public outrage.

His generosity has been part of the conversation lately too. Veteran actor Peter Fatomilola, a former theatre arts lecturer at Obafemi Awolowo University, said in an interview that Macaroni once gave him 1 million naira for a cameo in one of his skits. Other people then shared similar stories. Reacting on X in September, Macaroni opened up about the financial struggles he’d quietly gone through and thanked the friends and supporters who stood by him. “I am in a better place!” he wrote.

Put that post beside the graduation video and you get a picture of someone moving forward. Whatever comes next, fans clearly feel he’s earned this moment.