- HD 1080
- Runtime: 43m.
- Status: Ended
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- Languages: en
- Stars: Michael T. Weiss, Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries
- keywords: undercover, anti hero, investigation, genius, conspiracy, evil corporation, impostor, justice, boy genius, manhunt, prodigy
- Production_studio: 20th Century Fox Television, NBC Studios, MTM Enterprises
- Slogan: Hero of a thousand faces. Man of a thousand lives.
- Seasons: 4
- Episodes: 86
- First air date: 1996-09-19
- Last air date: 2000-05-13
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The The Pretender is featured in the top rankings of 1996
- #9 in Top Drama Series of 1996
- #2 in Top Mystery Series of 1996
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.
