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The Pretender

Hero of a thousand faces. Man of a thousand lives.

1996 · TV-14 · 4 seasons · 86 episodes

Created by Craig W. Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell

7.4

TMDB audience score
228 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

About 61h 38m to watch every episode. An estimate: 86 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 43 minutes.

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Main cast

  • Michael T. Weiss
    Jarod
    86 episodes

  • Andrea Parker
    Miss Parker/Catherine Parker
    86 episodes

  • Patrick Bauchau
    Sydney/Jacob
    86 episodes

  • Jon Gries
    Broots
    86 episodes

  • Richard Marcus
    Mr. Raines (archive footage)
    44 episodes

  • James Denton
    Mr. Lyle
    36 episodes

  • Sam Ayers
    Sam the Sweeper
    32 episodes

  • Paul Dillon
    Angelo
    23 episodes

  • Ryan Merriman
    Young Jarod
    20 episodes

  • Alex Wexo
    Young Sydney
    19 episodes

  • Pamela Gidley
    Brigitte
    17 episodes

  • Ashley Peldon
    Young Miss Parker
    10 episodes

  • Kim Myers
    Jarod's Mother
    10 episodes

  • Sheri Sutherland
    set medic
    8 episodes

  • Jason Brooks
    Thomas Gates
    7 episodes

  • Jonathan Osser
    Younger Jarod
    7 episodes

  • Dennis Cruzado
    Little Jarod
    6 episodes

  • Harve Presnell
    Mr. Parker
    5 episodes

Seasons