Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Known for
Acting
Born
February 22, 1959 (age 67)
Birthplace
Yakima, Washington, USA

Biography

Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959) is an American actor known for his roles in Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and Sex and the City. He's known for his collaborations with David Lynch, who directed MacLachlan's screen debut in Dune and the Twin Peaks film prequel, Fire Walk with Me. MacLachlan won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks.

Known For

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Filmography

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Altar poster

Altar

Movie

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You Deserve Each Other

You Deserve Each Other

Movie · as Eugene Rose

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New Line: Independent Legacies

New Line: Independent Legacies

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2026
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady poster

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

Movie · as Self

2026
100 Questions with Tom Simons poster

100 Questions with Tom Simons

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2025
Echo Valley poster

Echo Valley

Movie · as Richard Garrett

2025
Welcome to Lynchland poster

Welcome to Lynchland

Movie · as Self - Actor

2025
How We Screened Twin Peaks on 35 mm poster

How We Screened Twin Peaks on 35 mm

Movie · as Self

2025
Overcompensating poster

Overcompensating

TV · as John Scanlon · 2 eps

2025
The Lowdown poster

The Lowdown

TV · as Donald Washberg · 3 eps

2024
Blink Twice poster

Blink Twice

Movie · as Rich

2024
Inside Out 2 poster

Inside Out 2

Movie · as Dad (voice)

2024
Fallout poster

Fallout

TV · as Overseer Hank MacLean · 10 eps

2023
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen poster

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen

Movie · as Himself

2023
Miranda's Victim poster

Miranda's Victim

Movie · as Warren

2023
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures poster

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures

TV · as Draiven Bosh (voice) · 4 eps

2022
Confess, Fletch poster

Confess, Fletch

Movie · as Ronald Horan

2022
Joe vs Carole poster

Joe vs Carole

TV · as Howard Baskin · 8 eps

2022
How I Met Your Father poster

How I Met Your Father

TV · as The Captain · 2 eps

2021
You Don't Nomi poster

You Don't Nomi

Movie · as Himself (archive footage)

2021
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House poster

Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House

Movie · as Self

2021
Val poster

Val

Movie · as Self (archive)

2020
Capone poster

Capone

Movie · as Doctor Karlock

2020
Tesla poster

Tesla

Movie · as Thomas Edison

2020
How To with John Wilson poster

How To with John Wilson

TV · as Self (Swiping MetroCard on the Subway) · 1 ep

2020
Atlantic Crossing poster

Atlantic Crossing

TV · as President Franklin D. Roosevelt · 8 eps

2019
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee poster

A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee

Movie · as Self

2019
High Flying Bird poster

High Flying Bird

Movie · as David Seton

2019
Giant Little Ones poster

Giant Little Ones

Movie · as Ray Winter

2019
The Staggering Girl poster

The Staggering Girl

Movie · as Matteo / Bruno / Angelo

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2019
Carol's Second Act poster

Carol's Second Act

TV · as Dr. Stephen Frost · 18 eps

2018
The House with a Clock in Its Walls poster

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Movie · as Isaac Izard

2018
Explained poster

Explained

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

2018
GQ Presents: Iconic Characters poster

GQ Presents: Iconic Characters

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Tell It Martin poster

Tell It Martin

Movie · as Self

2017
The Number of Completion poster

The Number of Completion

Movie · as Self

2017
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers poster

Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers

Movie · as Self

2017
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend poster

See You on the Other Side Dear Friend

Movie · as Self

2017
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun poster

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

Movie · as Self

2017
A Pot of Boiling Oil poster

A Pot of Boiling Oil

Movie · as Self

2017
Behind the Red Curtain poster

Behind the Red Curtain

Movie · as Self

2017
Two Blue Balls poster

Two Blue Balls

Movie · as Self

2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair poster

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

Movie · as Self

2017
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks poster

A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks

Movie · as Self

2016
Blue Velvet Revisited poster

Blue Velvet Revisited

Movie · as Self

2015
Inside Out poster

Inside Out

Movie · as Dad (voice)

2015
Riley's First Date? poster

Riley's First Date?

Movie · as Dad (voice)

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces poster

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Movie · as Special Agent Dale Cooper

2014
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories poster

Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories

Movie · as Self

2014
Believe poster

Believe

TV · as Roman Skouras · 13 eps

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2013
Breathe In poster

Breathe In

Movie · as Peter Sebeck

2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. poster

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

TV · as Skye's Father, The Doctor, Cal · 1 ep

2012
Brunch Village poster

Brunch Village

Movie · as Mayor

2012
Made in Jersey poster

Made in Jersey

TV · as Donovan Stark · 8 eps

2012
Gravity Falls poster

Gravity Falls

TV · as Bus Driver (voice) · 1 ep

2011
The Smell of Success poster

The Smell of Success

Movie · as Jimmy St. James

2011
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding poster

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Movie · as Mark Hudson

2011
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage poster

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

Movie · as Jeffrey Beaumont

2011
The Doctor

The Doctor

Movie

2011
Portlandia poster

Portlandia

TV · as Mayor · 23 eps

2009
Mao’s Last Dancer poster

Mao’s Last Dancer

Movie · as Charles Foster

2009
The Good Wife poster

The Good Wife

TV · as Josh Perotti · 4 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 poster

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Movie · as Bill Kerr (uncredited)

2008
Justice League: The New Frontier poster

Justice League: The New Frontier

Movie · as Superman (voice)

2007
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas poster

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie · as Self

2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks poster

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Movie · as Self

2007
A Slice of Lynch poster

A Slice of Lynch

Movie · as Self

2006
In Justice poster

In Justice

TV · as David Swain · 13 eps

2005
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island poster

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island

Movie · as Cyrus

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as George Van Smoot · 7 eps

2005
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island poster

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island

TV · as Cyrus · 2 eps

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Del (voice) · 2 eps

2004
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear poster

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

Movie · as Edward Wilde

2004
Touch of Pink poster

Touch of Pink

Movie · as Ghost of Cary Grant

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2004
Desperate Housewives poster

Desperate Housewives

TV · as Orson Hodge · 95 eps

2003
Northfork poster

Northfork

Movie · as Mr. Hope

2003
Impressions of Dune poster

Impressions of Dune

Movie · as Self

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
Miranda poster

Miranda

Movie · as Nailor

2002
Mysteries of Love poster

Mysteries of Love

Movie · as Self

2002
V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Me Without You poster

Me Without You

Movie · as Daniel

2001
Xchange poster

Xchange

Movie · as Fisk / Toffler 2

2001
An Introduction to David Lynch poster

An Introduction to David Lynch

Movie · as Self

2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks poster

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks

Movie · as Self

2001
Perfume poster

Perfume

Movie · as Business Manager

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
I Love 1990s

I Love 1990s

TV · 1 ep

2000
Hamlet poster

Hamlet

Movie · as Claudius

2000
Timecode poster

Timecode

Movie · as Bunny Drysdale

2000
The Spring poster

The Spring

Movie · as Dennis Conway

1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special poster

Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special

Movie · as (archive footage)

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Andrew Raines, Dr. Brett Morton · 1 ep

1999
Futurama poster

Futurama

TV · as Dung Beetle (voice), Kyle MacLachlan's Head (voice) · 1 ep

1998
The Windsor Protocol poster

The Windsor Protocol

Movie · as Sean Dillon

1998
Route 9 poster

Route 9

Movie · as Booth Parker

1998
Thunder Point poster

Thunder Point

Movie · as Sean Dillon

1998
The Invisible Man poster

The Invisible Man

Movie · as Jack Griffin

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Trey MacDougal · 23 eps

1997
One Night Stand poster

One Night Stand

Movie · as Vernon

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1996
Mad Dog Time poster

Mad Dog Time

Movie · as Jake Parker

1996
The Trigger Effect poster

The Trigger Effect

Movie · as Matthew

1996
Moonshine Highway poster

Moonshine Highway

Movie · as Jed Muldoon

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1995
Showgirls poster

Showgirls

Movie · as Zack Carey

1995
The Conversation

The Conversation

Movie · as Harry Caul

1995
The Frank Skinner Show poster

The Frank Skinner Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
The Flintstones poster

The Flintstones

Movie · as Cliff Vandercave

1994
Against the Wall poster

Against the Wall

Movie · as Michael Smith

1994
Roswell poster

Roswell

Movie · as Jesse Marcel

1994
Vault of Horror I poster

Vault of Horror I

Movie · as Earl Raymond Digs (archive footage)

1993
The Trial poster

The Trial

Movie · as Josef K

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me poster

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Movie · as Special Agent Dale Cooper

1992
Where the Day Takes You poster

Where the Day Takes You

Movie · as Ted

1992
Rich in Love poster

Rich in Love

Movie · as Billy McQueen

1991
The Doors poster

The Doors

Movie · as Ray Manzarek

1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

Movie · as Self

1991
Message to the Allied Forces poster

Message to the Allied Forces

Movie · as Special Agent Dale Cooper

1990
Don't Tell Her It's Me poster

Don't Tell Her It's Me

Movie · as Trout Potts

1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter poster

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Movie · as Self

1990
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

TV · as Dale Cooper, Dale Cooper / Dougie Jones · 30 eps

1989
Twin Peaks poster

Twin Peaks

Movie · as Special Agent Dale Cooper

1989
Dream Breakers poster

Dream Breakers

Movie · as Bobby O'Connor

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Earl Raymond Digs (segment "Carrion Death") · 1 ep

1988
No Frank in Lumberton poster

No Frank in Lumberton

Movie · as Self

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1988
American Experience poster

American Experience

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1987
The Hidden poster

The Hidden

Movie · as Lloyd Gallagher

1986
Blue Velvet poster

Blue Velvet

Movie · as Jeffrey Beaumont

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Josef K · 1 ep

1984
Dune poster

Dune

Movie · as Paul Atreides

1983
Destination Dune poster

Destination Dune

Movie · as Self

1980
The Changeling poster

The Changeling

Movie · as Uncredited

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep