Stan Smith (American Dad!) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Stan Smith |
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| American Dad! character | |
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| First appearance | "Pilot" (2005) |
| Created by | Seth MacFarlane Mike Barker Matt Weitzman |
| Designed by | Seth MacFarlane |
| Voiced by | Seth MacFarlane |
| Information | |
| Nickname(s) | Stan |
| Affiliation | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| Title | Agent |
| Family |
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| Spouse(s) | Francine Smith (wife) |
| Children | Hayley Smith (daughter) Steve Smith (son) |
| Relatives | Glen Smith (nephew) |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Nationality | American |
| Home | Langley Falls, Virginia |
| Height | 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) |
| Age | 42 |
Stanford Leonard "Stan" Smith is a fictional character and the title character protagonist of the animated television series American Dad!. He is voiced by the series' co-creator and executive producer, Seth MacFarlane.
Personality
Stan is around 42 years old. He is the husband of Francine and father of Steve and Hayley. Also living under Stan's roof are three housemates: Roger, an alien; Klaus, the family's man-in-a-fish-body pet; and Jeff Fischer, who is Hayley's boyfriend turned husband.
Stan is the breadwinner of the Smith family. He works for the Central Intelligence Agency. He usually wears a blue suit with a lapel pin that is a simplified version of the U.S. flag, consisting of three red and white stripes and a blue square.
Stan is portrayed as drastic, endangering, rash, insensitive, inconsiderate, dog-eat-dog, racist, and very masculine. Despite all of these traits, he is shown to deeply care for his family.
In the series he is emphasized as a conservative Republican.
Occupation
Stan's history can be traced back to 1987 when he was 24. He joined the army and quickly rose to become an Airborne Ranger, and eventually being selected to join the army's elite anti-terrorist group, Delta Force. After leaving the army, he was again elected to undergo extensive special forces training to join the CIA's ultra-secretive Special Activities Division, specifically the Special Operations Group.
Though it is well known he works for the CIA, very little is actually known about what exactly he does. At various times in the series, he has been shown to work as a CIA analyst, an agency bureaucrat, a field agent, and a special forces operative. Usually he is seen working in a small cork-walled cubicle with a few of his buddies: Jackson, Sanders, Dick Reynolds, and others.
Hobbies
Stan also enjoys a number of hobbies. Chief among these is collecting Franklin Mint Plates as well as a number of creative outlets such as designing and making themed stuffed bears, fly-tying, gun cleaning, wood burning, figure skating, and writing right-wing children's literature. He also enjoys reading books about the things he is doing at that very moment (i.e. he was reading a book called "Reading While Waiting", as he waited for someone).
