Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959) is an American actor. MacLachlan widely known for his portrayal of Dale Cooper in the TV series Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017), and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He is also known for his film roles including cult films such as Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), The Hidden (1987), and Showgirls (1995). He has also had prominent roles in other television shows including appearing as Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City (2000–2002), Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives (2006–2012), The Captain in How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014), the Mayor of Portland in Portlandia (2011–2018), and as Calvin Zabo in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2015). MacLachlan was born in Yakima, Washington. His mother, Catherine (née Stone), was a public relations director, and his father, Kent Alan MacLachlan, was a stockbroker and lawyer. He has Scottish, Cornish and German ancestry. He has two younger brothers named Craig and Kent, both of whom live in the Pacific Northwest. MacLachlan graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1977. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1982 and, shortly afterward, moved to Hollywood, California to pursue his career.

Known For: Acting

Born: Yakima, Washington, USA, 1959-02-22

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1980	The Changeling	(Uncredited)	70
2	1983	Destination Dune	Self	50
3	1984	Dune	Paul Atreides	62
4	1986	Blue Velvet	Jeffrey Beaumont	76
5	1987	The Hidden	Lloyd Gallagher	69
6	1988	No Frank in Lumberton	Self	78
7	1989	Dream Breakers	Bobby O'Connor	0
8	1989	Twin Peaks	Special Agent Dale Cooper	84
9	1990	Don't Tell Her It's Me	Trout Potts	57
10	1990	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter	Self	0
11	1991	The Doors	Ray Manzarek	71
12	1991	Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper	Self	0
13	1992	Where the Day Takes You	Ted	62
14	1992	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	Special Agent Dale Cooper	74
15	1992	Rich in Love	Billy McQueen	67
16	1993	The Trial	Josef K	58
17	1994	Against the Wall	Michael Smith	61
18	1994	The Flintstones	Cliff Vandercave	53
19	1994	Vault of Horror I	Earl Raymond Digs	53
20	1994	Roswell	Jesse Marcel	60
21	1995	The Conversation	Harry Caul	0
22	1995	Showgirls	Zack Carey	56
23	1996	Moonshine Highway	Jed Muldoon	58
24	1996	The Trigger Effect	Matthew	58
25	1996	Mad Dog Time	Jake Parker	53
26	1997	One Night Stand	Vernon	57
27	1998	Thunder Point	Sean Dillon	45
28	1998	The Invisible Man		0
29	1998	The Windsor Protocol	Sean Dillon	37
30	1998	Route 9	Booth Parker	67
31	2000	The Spring	Dennis Conway	67
32	2000	Timecode	Bunny Drysdale	56
33	2000	Hamlet	Claudius	58
34	2001	Xchange	Fisk / Toffler 2	52
35	2001	Perfume	Business Manager	48
36	2001	Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks	Self	60
37	2001	Me Without You	Daniel	64
38	2001	An Introduction to David Lynch	Self	40
39	2001	Postcards From The Cast	Self	0
40	2002	Miranda	Nailor	54
41	2002	Mysteries of Love	Self	71
42	2003	Impressions of Dune	Self	0
43	2003	Northfork	Mr. Hope	60
44	2004	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	Edward Wilde	63
45	2004	Touch of Pink	Ghost of Cary Grant	61
46	2005	Mysterious Island	Cyrus	58
47	2007	The 50 Greatest Television Dramas	Self	0
48	2007	Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks		72
49	2007	A Slice of Lynch	Self	69
50	2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Superman (voice)	68
51	2008	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Bill Kerr (uncredited)	63
52	2009	Mao’s Last Dancer	Charles Foster	66
53	2011	The Doctor		0
54	2011	The Smell of Success	Jimmy St. James	56
55	2011	Peace, Love & Misunderstanding	Mark Hudson	59
56	2011	Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage	Jeffrey Beaumont	64
57	2013	Breathe In	Peter Sebeck	59
58	2014	Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces	Special Agent Dale Cooper	73
59	2014	Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories	Himself	0
60	2015	Inside Out	Dad (voice)	79
61	2015	Riley's First Date?	Dad (voice)	72
62	2016	Blue Velvet Revisited	Self	69
63	2017	Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon	Self	0
64	2017	Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers	Self	50
65	2017	Tell It Martin	Self	50
66	2017	The Number of Completion	Self	55
67	2017	See You on the Other Side Dear Friend	Self	0
68	2017	Two Blue Balls	Self	0
69	2017	I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun	Self	66
70	2017	Behind the Red Curtain	Self	62
71	2017	A Pot of Boiling Oil	Self	60
72	2017	The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair	Self	70
73	2017	A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks	Self	70
74	2018	The House with a Clock in Its Walls	Isaac Izard	63
75	2019	Giant Little Ones	Ray Winter	71
76	2019	High Flying Bird	David Seton	57
77	2019	You Don't Nomi	Himself (archive footage)	57
78	2019	The Staggering Girl	Matteo / Bruno / Angelo	56
79	2019	A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee	Self	0
80	2020	Capone	Doctor Karlock	50
81	2022	Confess, Fletch	Ronald Horan	62
82	2025	Echo Valley	Richard Garrett	65
83		Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls	Self	0
84		Altar		0
85	2020	Tesla	Thomas Edison	58
86	2021	Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House	Self	0
87	2021	Val	Self (archive footage)	72
88	2023	Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen	Himself	100
89	2023	Miranda's Victim	Warren	67
90	2024	Inside Out 2	Dad (voice)	76
91	2024	Blink Twice	Rich	67
92	2025	I Know Catherine, the Log Lady	Self	0
93	2025	David Lynch: A Hollywood Enigma	Self - Actor	60

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
2	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
3	1988	American Experience	Narrator	74
4	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Earl Raymond Digs (segment "Carrion Death")	80
5	1990	Twin Peaks	Dale Cooper	83
6	1990	Twin Peaks	Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper	83
7	1995	The Frank Skinner Show	Self	75
8	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
9	1997	The View	Self	45
10	1998	Sex and the City	Trey MacDougal	74
11	1999	Futurama	Dung Beetle (voice)	84
12	1999	Futurama	Kyle MacLachlan's Head (voice)	84
13	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Andrew Raines	79
14	1999	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Brett Morton	79
15	2001	Richard & Judy	Self	29
16	2002	V Graham Norton	Self	50
17	2004	The Tony Danza Show	Self - Guest	61
18	2004	Desperate Housewives	Orson Hodge	79
19	2005	American Dad!	Del (voice)	70
20	2005	Mysterious Island	Cyrus	52
21	2005	How I Met Your Mother	George Van Smoot	81
22	2006	In Justice	David Swain	66
23	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	45
24	2009	The Good Wife	Josh Perotti	76
25	2011	Portlandia	Mayor	69
26	2012	Gravity Falls	Bus Driver (voice)	86
27	2012	Made in Jersey	Donovan Stark	68
28	2013	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Skye's Father	75
29	2013	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	The Doctor	75
30	2013	Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Cal	75
31	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
32	2014	Believe	Roman Skouras	68
33	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	53
34	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
35	2018	GQ Presents: Iconic Characters	Self	75
36	2018	Explained	Narrator (voice)	75
37	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		65
38	2019	Carol's Second Act	Dr. Stephen Frost	60
39	2020	How To with John Wilson	Self (Swiping MetroCard on the subway)	82
40	2020	Atlantic Crossing	President Franklin D. Roosevelt	65
41	2022	How I Met Your Father	The Captain	66
42	2022	Joe vs Carole	Howard Baskin	43
43	2023	Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures	Draiven Bosh (voice)	47
44	2024	Fallout	Overseer Hank MacLean	82
45	2025	Overcompensating	John	73

Kyle MacLachlan

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