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 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 , 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 Foreign Correspondent (film), a 1940 film with the working title The Imposter The Impostor (1944 American film), a film by Julien Duvivier The Impostor (1944 German film), a German comedy film The Great Impostor, a 1961 American 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 Imposters (film), a 2026 horror film
Literature Comics Batman: The Imposter, an American comic book limited series published by DC Comics (October–December 2021) Novels The Impostor, a 1905 novel by Harold Bindloss The Imposter (novel), a 1927 novel by the French writer Georges Bernanos The Impostor, a 1954 novel by Noel Gerson The Impostor, a 1970 novel by Edmund Keeley The Impostor, a 1977 novel by Helen McCloy The Impostor, a 1992 novel by June Drummond The Impostor, a 2003 novel by Celeste Bradley; the second installment in The Liar's Club series The Impostor, a 2008 novel by Damon Galgut , a 2014 novel by Javier Cercas Impostors, a 2018 novel by Scott Westerfeld; the first in the eponymous tetralogy Impostor, a 2019 novel by LJ Ross The Imposters, a 2023 novel by Tom Rachman The Impostor, a 2023 novel by Edgard Telles Ribeiro Plays Tartuffe (full title: Tartuffe, or the Impostor), a 1664 comedic play by Molière The Impostors (play), a 1789 play by Richard Cumberland L'impostore, an 18th-century play by Carlo Goldoni If I Were for Real (play), a 1979 Chinese play, also translated as The Impostor Az imposztor, a 1983 play by György Spiró, also translated as The impostor
Short stories "Impostor" (short story), a 1953 science fiction story by Philip K. Dick "The Imposter" (short story), a 1997 story by Nathanael West
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 "Impostor", a song by The Doubleclicks from the 2013 album Lasers and Feelings "Imposter", a song by Daron Malankian and Scars on Broadway from the 2025 album Addicted to the Violence "Imposter", a song by Louis Tomlinson from the 2026 album How Did I Get Here? The Imposters, a backing band for Elvis Costello
Television Series 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 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 (2017 TV series) (Impostor), a 2017 Philippine television series starring Kris Bernal
Episodes "The Imposters" (Dawson's Creek), a 2002 episode "Imposters" (Star Trek: Picard), a 2023 episode "The Impostors" (Thunderbirds), a 1966 episode "The Impostor" (The Villain Pub), a 2020 episode Imposter: The Man Who Came Back from the Dead, a 2024 Channel 4 documentary about Nicholas Alahverdian
See also
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