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Kyle MacLachlan

Actor, DirectorBorn February 22, 1959 (66 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Changeling
  • The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
  • Giant Little Ones
  • Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
  • Mao's Last Dancer
  • Me Without You
  • Miranda
  • The Smell of Success
  • Moonshine Highway

Known For

  • Twin Peaks
  • Dune
  • Blue Velvet
  • Inside Out
  • Showgirls
  • The Doors
  • The Hidden
  • Sex and the City
  • The Flintstones
  • The House with a Clock in Its Walls
  • Fallout
  • Confess, Fletch
  • The Trigger Effect
  • Portlandia
  • Capone
  • The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2025
    Echo Valley · as Richard Garrett
    2025
    Overcompensating (TV Series) · as John
    2024
    Dream Productions (TV Series) · as Dad
    2024
    Blink Twice · as Rich
    2024
    Primos (TV Series) · as Bill
    2024
    Inside Out 2 · as Dad (voice)
    2024
    Fallout (TV Series) · as Overseer Hank Maclean
    2023
    Miranda's Victim · as Warren
    2023
    Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (TV Series) · as Draiven Bosh (voice)
    2023
    Lucky Hank (TV Series) · as Dickie Pope
    2022
    Confess, Fletch · as Ronald Horan
    2022
    Lynch/Oz · as Paul Atreides (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    2022
    Joe vs. Carole (TV Series) · as Howard Baskin
    2022
    How I Met Your Father (TV Series) · as The Captain
    2020
    Atlantic Crossing (TV Series) · as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
    2020
    Tesla · as Thomas Edison
    2020
    Capone · as Doctor Karlock
    2019
    Carol's Second Act (TV Series) · as Dr. Stephen Frost
    2019
    2019
    The Staggering Girl · as Matteo / Bruno / Angelo
    2019
    High Flying Bird · as David Seton
    2018
    2018
    2018
    Explained (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice)
    2018
    Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Jeffrey Beaumont
    2015
    Riley's First Date? · as Dad (voice)
    2015
    Inside Out · as Dad (voice)
    2014
    Blue Velvet Lost Footage · as Jeffrey Beaumont
    2014
    Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces · as Special Agent Dale Cooper
    2014
    Believe (TV Series) · as Roman Skouras
    2013
    Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV Series) · as The Doctor
    2013
    Breathe In · as Peter Sebeck
    2012
    Made in Jersey (TV Series) · as Donovan Stark
    2012
    Gravity Falls (TV Series) · as Bus Driver (voice)
    2011
    2011
    Portlandia (TV Series) · as Mayor
    2009
    Mao's Last Dancer · as Charles Foster
    2009
    The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Josh Perotti
    2009
    The Smell of Success · as Jimmy St. James
    2008
    The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 · as Bill Kerr (uncredited)
    2008
    Justice League: The New Frontier · as Superman (voice)
    2007
    2007
    2007
    Lost: The Answers · as Narrator
    2006
    2006
    Free Jimmy · as Marius
    2006
    In Justice (TV Series) · as David Swain
    2005
    How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as George Van Smoot
    2005
    Mysterious Island · as Cyrus
    2005
    Mysterious Island (TV Series) · as Cyrus
    2005
    American Dad! (TV Series) · as Del (voice)
    2004
    2004
    Desperate Housewives (TV Series) · as Orson Hodge
    2004
    Touch of Pink · as Ghost Of Cary Grant
    2003
    Northfork · as Mr. Hope
    2002
    Miranda · as Nailor
    2002
    2001
    2001
    Perfume · as Business Manager
    2000
    Xchange · as Fisk / Toffler 2
    2000
    Hamlet · as Claudius
    2000
    Timecode · as Bunny Drysdale
    2000
    The Spring · as Dennis Conway
    1999
    Saturday Night Live 25 · as Karl-Henz Schelker
    1999
    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Andrew Raines
    1999
    Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock · as Florida Coalition Against Pornographic Art Representative
    1999
    Futurama (TV Series) · as Dung Beetle (voice)
    1998
    Route 9 · as Booth Parker
    1998
    1998
    Thunder Point · as Sean Dillon
    1998
    Sex and the City (TV Series) · as Trey Macdougal
    1998
    1998
    The Invisible Man · as Jack Griffin
    1997
    Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch · as Special Agent Dale Cooper
    1997
    One Night Stand · as Vernon
    1996
    Mad Dog Time · as Jake Parker
    1996
    The Trigger Effect · as Matthew
    1996
    Moonshine Highway · as Jed Muldoon
    1995
    Showgirls · as Zack Carey
    1994
    Roswell · as Jesse Marcel
    1994
    The Flintstones · as Cliff Vandercave
    1994
    Against the Wall · as Michael Smith
    1993
    The Hidden II · as Lloyd Gallagher
    1993
    The Trial · as Josef K
    1992
    1992
    Rich in Love · as Billy Mcqueen
    1992
    Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me · as Special Agent Dale Cooper
    1991
    The Doors · as Ray Manzarek
    1990
    1990
    The Boyfriend School · as Trout Potts
    1990
    Twin Peaks (TV Series) · as Dale Cooper
    1989
    Twin Peaks · as Special Agent Dale Cooper
    1989
    Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) · as Earl Raymond Digs (segment "carrion Death")
    1989
    Dream Breakers · as Bobby O'connor
    1988
    American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator
    1987
    The Hidden · as Lloyd Gallagher
    1986
    Blue Velvet · as Jeffrey Beaumont
    1984
    Screen Two (TV Series) · as Josef K
    1984
    Dune · as Paul Atreides
    1980

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