Celebrity Imposter Game

How to play the celebrity imposter game

1. Pick a pack. Oscar winners for movie fans, Grammy winners for music fans, Presidents for a history class or a family table, or Mixed for all of them.
2. Pass the phone. Each player taps Show my role, reads the name in private, hides it and hands the phone on. The imposter sees “You are the imposter” instead.
3. Give one clue each. One word or a short phrase: a film, a song, an album, a year in office. Never the name.
4. Vote. When the timer ends, everyone points at the player they think is bluffing.
5. Reveal. If the group caught the imposter, the imposter gets one guess at the name. A right guess still wins the round.

Good clues for famous people

A strong clue fits one name in the pack. A weak clue fits several, which gives the imposter room to hide. These examples use facts from the source lists below.

Day-Lewis won Best Actor for My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. “Lincoln” is a weak clue on this page, because Abraham Lincoln is in the presidents pack. Frances McDormand also won three times, so “three” points at two people. Swift has won Album of the Year four times, the most in the Grammy pack, while every name in that pack won for an album. Obama was the 44th president, and “president” fits 45 cards.

If you are the imposter, work out the pack first. A film, an album or a year in office tells you which list the name came from.

3 packs, 142 names

Each pack is copied from an official list, checked on October 25, 2026. Pick one on the setup screen, or Mixed to draw from all of them.

Names are written as the sources credit them, so the 2007 winners are the Dixie Chicks. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss shared the 2009 award and have a card each. The 2002 award went to the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack, which grammy.com credits to its producers and engineers, so it has no card.

All 142 names

Every name the game can deal, by pack. Use the lists to pick a name by hand or to check a card after the round.

Jump to Oscar winners Grammy winners Presidents

Ways to play

• Pack hint on. Switch on “Tell the imposter the pack name” and the imposter at least knows whether to bluff about an actor, a musician or a president.
• Classroom round. Play the Presidents pack with a class. Clues can be a war, a monument or a number.
• Movie night round. Play the Oscar pack before the film starts, with the 2-minute timer.
• Two imposters. From seven players up, open More options and choose two. They don’t know each other.

Frequently asked questions