40 Facts About Stan Beeman

Stanley Beeman is a fictional character in the American television drama series The Americans on FX.

Stan Beeman was created by series creator Joe Weisberg and is portrayed by Noah Emmerich.

Stan Beeman is an FBI counter-intelligence agent and moves to Northern Virginia with his wife, Sandra and his son, Matthew across the street from Elizabeth and Philip Jennings.

Stan Beeman is unaware of the fact that Philip and Elizabeth are undercover KGB agents but becomes suspicious when he learns that a car similar to Philip's is seen near the site of a Soviet defector's abduction; he covertly inspects Philip's trunk but finds nothing.

Stan Beeman is tasked to try and turn Stan but starts to fall in love with him instead.

Stan Beeman goes to Nina and attempts to end their affair, but ends up losing his resolve and sleeps with her instead.

Nina does not trust what Stan Beeman is telling her about Vlad's death and after she gets promoted, she is given access to the material obtained by the Weinberger bug.

Stan Beeman keeps the information from Stan in order to further investigate Vlad's death.

Stan Beeman tells both Sandra and Nina that his mission will soon be over but Sandra rebuffs his attempt at reconciliation and Nina tells Arkady, who has accepted her offer in spite of Moscow's skepticism.

Stan Beeman follows Oleg one night, only to have Oleg lead him to a port where he tells Stan Beeman that he is the only one who knows about Nina and threatens to expose her.

Stan Beeman asks Nina to take a polygraph test if she wants to get exfiltrated.

Stan Beeman tries again to reconcile with Sandra, trying to understand the EST she has been going to.

Stan Beeman attends a session and asks Philip to go as well.

Stan Beeman finds the training ridiculous and useless, much to Sandra's annoyance.

Stan Beeman later goes back to an EST meeting, only to voice his opinion of it.

Stan Beeman eventually accepts that his marriage to Sandra is ending, and they agree to divorce.

Stan Beeman is tasked with ensuring the safety of Zinaida Preobrazhenskaya, a defector from the Soviet Institute for US and Canadian Studies.

Stan Beeman is later confronted by Oleg, who blames him for Nina's arrest and upcoming execution; Stan Beeman relays to Oleg his suspicions about Zinaida and enlists his help in proving it, hoping to initiate a prisoner exchange for Nina.

Stan Beeman is nearly fired from the FBI after he admits his dealings with Oleg to Gaad, presenting a tape he recorded of Oleg admitting Zinaida's allegiance to the USSR.

However, the Deputy Attorney General instead commends Stan Beeman for turning Oleg into a potential asset and has him continue the relationship.

Stan Beeman begins to suspect Martha, but the case is seemingly closed after Philip murders Gene Craft, the FBI's IT specialist, and plants evidence in his home framing him as the mole.

Tori tells Stan Beeman she saw Philip and Sandra on a date following an EST meeting.

Stan Beeman, believing that Philip is sleeping with Sandra, angrily rebukes him despite Philip's pleas of innocence.

Stan Beeman is later informed by Oleg that Nina has been executed in Russia.

Stan Beeman is stunned and devastated, despite knowing that he is to expect the loss of an asset.

Seven months pass, with Stan Beeman maintaining his friendship with the Jennings.

One night, Stan Beeman unexpectedly joins the Jennings for dinner with Pastor Tim, the head of Paige's church.

Stan Beeman additionally learns that Gaad has died while living in retirement in Thailand, and begins to suspect he was murdered by the KGB.

However, Oleg later meets with Stan Beeman to disclose the KGB's attempts to develop biological weapons, fearing that the Soviet Union is not equipped to handle such dangerous pathogens.

Additionally, Stan Beeman is supportive of his son Matthew's relationship with Paige Jennings, though the two soon break up.

Three years after the events of season five, Stan Beeman has married Renee and has moved out of the counterintelligence division spare for his and Aderholt's ongoing handling of Sofia and Gennadi.

Stan Beeman learns from Aderholt - now the chief of counterintelligence - that Oleg is in DC, ostensibly to take a class on urban transport planning.

Stan Beeman meets Oleg in his hotel and warns him that he is not under diplomatic protection should he be arrested for whatever he is really doing in the States.

Stan Beeman ponders why the Jennings are so frequently away at late hours and breaks into their house while they are away, recalling William's description of a spy couple with two children.

Stan Beeman then calls Pastor Tim in Buenos Aires, who does not disclose his knowledge of the Jennings' identities.

Stan Beeman calls Philip both at home and work, but is unable to reach him.

Stan Beeman confronts them in the parking garage, where Philip finally admits their status as Russian agents to a heartbroken Stan.

Stan Beeman tells Stan they were working to protect Gorbachev from a coup and asks that he allow them to send their information back to the Soviet Union, which Stan realizes is linked to what Oleg told him.

Paige and Philip ask Stan Beeman to look after Henry, whom they must abandon.

Stan Beeman explained: "The truth is, from the very beginning, I thought, "I don't want to do a TV show where I carry a gun or a badge.