impostor An impostor (also spelled imposter) is a person who pretends to be somebody else, often through means of disguise. Their objective is usually to try to gain financial or social advantages through social engineering, but also often for purposes ...

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

* 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 ''Among Us'' is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by American game studio Innersloth. The game was inspired by the party game Mafia and the science fiction horror film '' The Thing''. The game allows ...

Film

* , a film by

George Abbott George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theatre producer, director, playwright, screenwriter, film director and producer whose career spanned eight decades. Early years Abbott was born in Forestville, New Yo ...

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 Evelyn Brent (born Mary Elizabeth Riggs; October 20, 1895 – June 4, 1975) was an American film and stage actress. Early life Brent was born in Tampa, Florida, and known as Betty. When she was age 10, her mother Eleanor (née. Warner) died, ...

* ''The Impostor'' (1927 film), a German silent film * ''The Impostor'' (1944 film), a film by Julien Duvivier * ''The Imposter'' (1975 American film), a TV film starring

Meredith Baxter Meredith Ann Baxter (born June 21, 1947) is an American actress and producer. She is known for her roles on the CBS sitcom '' Bridget Loves Bernie'' (1972–73), ABC drama series ''Family'' (1976–80) and the NBC sitcom ''Family Ties'' (1982 ...

* ''The Imposter'' (1975 Hong Kong film), a film produced by Shaw Brothers * ''The Imposter'', a 1984 TV film featuring

Ken Olandt Kenneth Andrew Olandt (born April 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, executive producer and businessman. He was born in Richmond, California to Robert and Beverly Olandt. Ken Olandt is best known for his lead starring role as Detect ...

* ''El Impostor'' (film), a 1997 American film produced by

Oscar Kramer Oscar Kramer (25 May 1935 – 7 April 2010) was an Argentine film producer. He was born in Buenos Aires. He worked in the cinema of Argentina when he was young. In the 1970s he lived in Antwerp, Belgium, where he worked in the diamond industry ...

* ''

The Impostors ''The Impostors'' is a 1998 American farce motion picture directed, written and produced by Stanley Tucci, starring Oliver Platt, Tucci, Alfred Molina, Tony Shalhoub, Steve Buscemi, and Billy Connolly. The film, in which Oliver Platt and Stanley ...

'', 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

* ''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 Helen McCloy (June 6, 1904 New York – December 1, 1994 Woodstock, NY), pseudonym Helen Clarkson, was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in ''Dance of Death'' (1938). Willing believes, that "every crim ...

* ''The Impostors'' (play), a 1789 play by Richard Cumberland * , a 2014 novel by

Javier Cercas Javier Cercas Mena (born 1962 in Ibahernando) is a Spanish writer and professor of Spanish literature at the University of Girona, Spain. He was born in Ibahernando, Cáceres, Spain. He is a frequent contributor to the Catalan edition of '' ...

* ''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 ''Tartuffe, or The Impostor, or The Hypocrite'' (; french: Tartuffe, ou l'Imposteur, ), first performed in 1664, is a theatrical comedy by Molière. The characters of Tartuffe, Elmire, and Orgon are considered among the greatest classical thea ...

'' (full title: ''Tartuffe, or the Impostor''), a 1664 comedic play by Molière

Music

* ''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 ''Only a Lad'' is the full-length debut album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1981, following their self-titled EP. Composition Music The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, comp ...

'' * "Impostor", a song by The Doubleclicks from the 2013 album ''

Lasers and Feelings ''Lasers and Feelings'' is the second album from the nerd-folk duo The Doubleclicks, released on July 9, 2013. The album debuted at #7 on Billboard's Comedy Albums chart for the week ending July 27, 2013. Songs " Nothing to Prove", a response ...

'' * The Imposters, a backing band for Elvis Costello

Television

* ''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 ''Colonel Humphrey Flack'' is an American sitcom which ran Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET from October 7, 1953, to July 2, 1954, on the DuMont Television Network, then revived from 1958 to 1959 for first-run syndication. The series also aired under t ...

'' (1953–54) * ''Imposters'' (TV series), a 2017 American television series on Bravo * "The Impostors", an episode of the 1960s TV series ''Thunderbirds'' * ''The Imposters'', a hidden-camera television pilot co-starring comedian

Mal Sharpe Malcolm Sharpe (April 2, 1936 – March 10, 2020) was an American television and radio personality with roots in San Francisco, California. In the early 1960s, the Cambridge, Massachusetts-born Sharpe collaborated with Jim Coyle to create a seri ...

* L'Imposteur ("The Imposter"), a 2016 Québec television series starring

Marc-André Grondin Marc-André Grondin (born March 11, 1984) is a Canadian actor, known for his role as Xavier Laflamme in the 2011 ice hockey film ''Goon''. He also played Zachary Beaulieu in Jean-Marc Vallée's film '' C.R.A.Z.Y.'' (2005), for which he won a Jutr ...

* ''

Impostora ''Impostora'' (International title: ''The Impostor'' / ) is a 2007 Philippine television drama series broadcast by GMA Network. Directed by Maryo J. de los Reyes, it stars Sunshine Dizon and Iza Calzado. The series is loosely based on a 1993 ...

'' (''The Impostor''), a 2008 Philippine television series starring Sunshine Dizon and Iza Calzado

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