The Pretender
“Hero of a thousand faces. Man of a thousand lives.”
1996•TV-14•4 Seasons•86 Episodes•7.4•Ended
DramaMysterySci-Fi & Fantasy
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.
Creator
Craig W. Van Sickle, Steven Long Mitchell
Network
NBC
Origin
US
Cast
Michael T. Weiss
Jarod
Andrea Parker
Miss Parker
Patrick Bauchau
Sydney
Jon Gries
Broots
Episodes
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