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Kyle MacLachlan

Acting

Born February 22, 1959 · Yakima, Washington, USA

Also known as Kyle Merritt MacLachlan · Kyle McLachlan

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.

Awards & recognition

  • Golden Globe Awards
  • Saturn AwardBest Actor on Television

Filmography50+ titles

Gravity Falls

2012as Bus Driver (voice)

Futurama

1999as Kyle MacLachlan's Head (voice)

Twin Peaks

1990as Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper

Fallout

2024as Overseer Hank MacLean

How to with John Wilson

2020as Self (Swiping MetroCard on the Subway)

How I Met Your Mother

2005as George Van Smoot

Tales from the Crypt

1989as Earl Raymond Digs (segment "Carrion Death")

Inside Out

2015as Dad (voice)

Desperate Housewives

2004as Orson Hodge

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999as Andrew Raines

The Good Wife

2009as Josh Perotti

Blue Velvet

1986as Jeffrey Beaumont

Inside Out 2

2024as Dad (voice)

Explained

2018as Narrator (voice)

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

2013as Cal

Sex and the City

1998as Trey MacDougal

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

1992as Special Agent Dale Cooper

Overcompensating

2025as John Scanlon

Riley's First Date?

2015as Dad (voice)

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

2014as Special Agent Dale Cooper

Giant Little Ones

2018as Ray Winter

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

2017as Self

The Doors

1991as Ray Manzarek

American Dad!

2005as Del (voice)

The Changeling

1980as Uncredited

Blue Velvet Revisited

2016as Self

Portlandia

2011as Mayor

The Hidden

1987as Lloyd Gallagher

Saturday Night Live

1975as Self - Host

Miranda's Victim

2023as Warren

Believe

2014as Roman Skouras

Justice League: The New Frontier

2008as Superman (voice)

Made in Jersey

as Donovan Stark

The Lowdown

2025as Donald Washberg

Blink Twice

2024as Rich

Mao's Last Dancer

2009as Charles Foster

American Experience

1988as Narrator

How I Met Your Father

2022as The Captain

Atlantic Crossing

2020as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Me Without You

2001as Daniel

Echo Valley

2025as Richard Garrett

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Moonshine Highway

1996as Jed Muldoon

The Daily Show

1996as Self

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

2008as Bill Kerr (uncredited)

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

2004as Edward Wilde

Confess, Fletch

2022as Ronald Horan

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

2018as Isaac Izard

Dune

1984as Paul Atreides

Carol's Second Act

2019as Dr. Stephen Frost