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The Americans

The Americans (2013–2018)

All's fair in love and cold war.

Release:2013–2018
Seasons:6
Country:United States
Director:Mary Rae Thewlis, Stephen Schiff
Language:English

Genre

CrimeDrama
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Keywords

spyWashington Dc UsaUndercoverFbiCold WarKgbPeriod DramaRussian Spy
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The Americans rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

TMDb7.9/10· 1K votes

About The Americans

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

Cast of The Americans

  • Keri Russell

    Keri Russell

    as Elizabeth Jennings

  • Matthew Rhys

    Matthew Rhys

    as Philip Jennings

  • Holly Taylor

    Holly Taylor

    as Paige Jennings

  • Keidrich Sellati

    Keidrich Sellati

    as Henry Jennings

  • Noah Emmerich

    Noah Emmerich

    as Stan Beeman

  • Costa Ronin

    Costa Ronin

    as Oleg Igorevich Burov

  • Margo Martindale

    Margo Martindale

    as Claudia

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Episodes: 75

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