Impostor (disambiguation)
Wikimedia disambiguation page
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
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
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
El Impostor, 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
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?
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