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

Film

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

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Host	70
2	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	55
3	1988	American Experience	Narrator	75
4	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Earl Raymond Digs	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	63
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	53
21	2005	How I Met Your Mother	George Van Smoot	82
22	2006	In Justice	David Swain	66
23	2006	The One Show	Self - Guest	46
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	71
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	54
32	2014	Believe	Roman Skouras	67
33	2015	The Late Late Show with James Corden	Self	54
34	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	65
35	2018	GQ Presents: Iconic Characters	Self	75
36	2018	Explained	Narrator (voice)	74
37	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		63
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	67
42	2022	Joe vs Carole	Howard Baskin	42
43	2023	Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures	Draiven Bosh (voice)	49
44	2024	Fallout	Overseer Hank MacLean	83