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Kyle MacLachlan

Actor, DirectorBorn February 22, 1959 (65 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 Librarian: Quest for the Spear
  • Giant Little Ones
  • 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
  • Hamlet

Filmography

2024
Dream Productions (TV Series) · as Dad
2024
Blink Twice · as Rich
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
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 (voice)
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
2001
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
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
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

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