"The Great Pretender" is a 1955 song written by Buck Ram and originally recorded by the Platters.

The Great Pretender may also refer to:

Film and television

• Great Pretenders (film), a 1991 Hong Kong comedy directed by Ronny Yu
• The Great Pretender (film), a 2018 drama directed by Nathan Silver
• The Great Pretender (game show), a 2007 British daytime game show
• Great Pretender (TV series), a 2020 Japanese anime series
• Great Pretenders, a 1999–2001 American music game show hosted by Wild Orchid

Music

• The Great Pretender (Dolly Parton album), 1984
• The Great Pretender (Freddie Mercury album), 1992
• The Great Pretender (Lester Bowie album), 1981
• The Great Pretenders, an album by Mini Mansions, 2015
• "The Great Pretender", a song by Avatar from Avatar, 2009
• "The Great Pretender", a song by Brian Eno from Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy), 1974
• "The Great Pretender", a song by the Jon Frederik Band from Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, 2004
• "The Great Pretender", a song by Pain from You Only Live Twice, 2011

Other meanings

• The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our Understanding of Madness, 2019 book by Susannah Cahalan

See also

• The great imitator, a number of medical conditions that can look like other health problems
• Pretender (disambiguation)