 <p>" <em>Is it possible with some code in the controller to define the nested master page and master page?</em>"</p> <p>Nope. The default view engine only lets you define one level of MasterPages. </p> <p>See: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.controller.view.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.mvc.controller.view.aspx</a></p>