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An impostor or imposter is a person who pretends to be somebody else.
Impostor(s), Imposter(s), The Impostor(s), or The Imposter(s) may also refer to:
Computing
edit- Impostor (computer graphics) or sprite, an image or animation integrated into a larger scene
- Impostors, a fictional alien race and the antagonists of the 2018 social deduction game Among Us
Film
edit- The Impostor (1918 film) , a film by George Abbott and Dell Henderson
- Impostor (1921 film), a German silent film
- The Impostor (1921 film), a film by Robert N. Bradbury
- The Impostor (1926 film), a film starring Evelyn Brent
- The Impostor (1927 film), a German silent film
- The Impostor (1944 American film), a film by Julien Duvivier
- The Impostor (1944 German film), a German comedy film
- The Imposter (1975 American film), a TV film starring Meredith Baxter
- The Imposter (1975 Hong Kong film), a film produced by Shaw Brothers
- The Imposter, a 1984 TV film featuring Ken Olandt
- El Impostor (film), a 1997 American film produced by Oscar Kramer
- The Impostors, a 1998 film by Stanley Tucci
- Impostor (2001 film), a science fiction film
- The Imposter (2008 film), a Christian film by Dan Millican
- The Imposter (2012 film), a documentary about the 1997 case of Frédéric Bourdin
Literature
edit- Impostor (short story), a 1953 science fiction story by Philip K. Dick
- The Imposter (novel), a 1927 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos
- "The Imposter" (short story), a 1997 story by Nathanael West
- The Impostor, a 1977 novel by Helen McCloy
- The Impostors (play), a 1789 play by Richard Cumberland
- El Impostor , a 2014 novel by Javier Cercas
- L'impostore, an 18th-century play by Carlo Goldoni
- If I Were for Real (play), a 1979 Chinese play, also translated as The Impostor
- Tartuffe (full title: Tartuffe, or the Impostor), a 1664 comedic play by Molière
Music
edit- Imposter (album), a 2021 album by Dave Gahan and Soulsavers
- The Imposter (album), a 2005 album by Kevin Max
- The Impostor (Banjo Concerto), a 2011 concerto by Béla Fleck
- "Imposter", a 1981 song by The Moondogs
- "Imposter", a song by Oingo Boingo from the 1981 album Only a Lad
- "Impostor", a song by The Doubleclicks from the 2013 album Lasers and Feelings
- The Imposters, a backing band for Elvis Costello
Television
edit- Impostor (TV series), a 2010 Philippine TV series starring Maja Salvador and Melai Cantiveros
- The Imposter, a syndication title for the DuMont TV series Colonel Humphrey Flack (1953–54)
- Imposters (TV series), a 2017 American television series on Bravo
- "The Impostors" (Thunderbirds), an episode of Thunderbirds
- The Imposters, a hidden-camera television pilot co-starring comedian Mal Sharpe
- L'Imposteur ("The Imposter"), a 2016 Québec television series starring Marc-André Grondin
- Impostora (The Impostor), a 2008 Philippine television series starring Sunshine Dizon and Iza Calzado
- Impostora (Impostor), a 2017 Philippine television series starring Kris Bernal
- "Imposters" (Star Trek: Picard), an episode of the third season of Star Trek: Picard
- Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead, a 2024 Channel 4 documentary about Nicholas Alahverdian
See also
edit- All pages with titles beginning with Impostor
- Impostor syndrome, when a person is unable to internalize accomplishments
- Masih ad-Dajjal ("The Impostor Messiah"), an evil figure in Islamic eschatology
- The Imposture, a 1640 play by James Shirley