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.
Acted in
Blink Twice
2024
as Rich
Inside Out 2
2024
as Dad (voice)
Fallout
2024
as Overseer Hank MacLean
Miranda's Victim
2023
as Warren
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
2023
as Draiven Bosh (voice)
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023
as Himself
Confess, Fletch
2022
as Ronald Horan
Joe vs Carole
2022
as Howard Baskin
How I Met Your Father
2022
as The Captain
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
2021
Atlantic Crossing
2020
as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
How To with John Wilson
2020
as Self (Swiping MetroCard on the subway)
Tesla
2020
as Thomas Edison
Capone
2020
as Doctor Karlock
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
2019
as Self
Carol's Second Act
2019
as Dr. Stephen Frost
The Staggering Girl
2019
as Matteo / Bruno / Angelo
You Don't Nomi
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
High Flying Bird
2019
as David Seton
Giant Little Ones
2019
as Ray Winter
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
as Isaac Izard
Explained
2018
as Narrator (voice)
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
2017
as Self
Tell It Martin
2017
as Self
The Number of Completion
2017
as Self
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
2017
as Self
Two Blue Balls
2017
as Self
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
2017
as Self
Behind the Red Curtain
2017
as Self
A Pot of Boiling Oil
2017
as Self
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
2017
as Self
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
2017
as Self
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016
as Self
Riley's First Date?
2015
as Dad (voice)
Inside Out
2015
as Dad (voice)
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories
2014
as Himself
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Special Agent Dale Cooper
Believe
2014
as Roman Skouras
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Skye's Father
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as The Doctor
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
as Cal
Breathe In
2013
as Peter Sebeck
Made in Jersey
2012
as Donovan Stark
Gravity Falls
2012
as Bus Driver (voice)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
as Jeffrey Beaumont
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
as Mark Hudson
The Smell of Success
2011
as Jimmy St. James
Portlandia
2011
as Mayor
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
as Charles Foster
The Good Wife
2009
as Josh Perotti
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
as Bill Kerr (uncredited)
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
as Superman (voice)
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
A Slice of Lynch
2007
as Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Free Jimmy
2006
as Marius (voice)
In Justice
2006
as David Swain
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as George Van Smoot
Mysterious Island
2005
as Cyrus
Mysterious Island
2005
as Cyrus
American Dad!
2005
as Del (voice)
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Orson Hodge
Touch of Pink
2004
as Ghost of Cary Grant
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
as Edward Wilde
Northfork
2003
as Mr. Hope
Impressions of Dune
2003
Mysteries of Love
2002
as Self
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
2002
as Self
Miranda
2002
as Nailor
An Introduction to David Lynch
2001
as Self
Postcards From The Cast
2001
as Self
Me Without You
2001
as Daniel
Perfume
2001
as Business Manager
Xchange
2001
as Fisk / Toffler 2
Hamlet
2000
as Claudius
Timecode
2000
as Bunny Drysdale
The Spring
2000
as Dennis Conway
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Andrew Raines
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Dr. Brett Morton
Futurama
1999
as Dung Beetle (voice)
Futurama
1999
as Kyle MacLachlan's Head (voice)
Route 9
1998
as Booth Parker
The Windsor Protocol
1998
as Sean Dillon
Sex and the City
1998
as Trey MacDougal
Thunder Point
1998
as Sean Dillon
One Night Stand
1997
as Vernon
Mad Dog Time
1996
as Jake Parker
The Trigger Effect
1996
as Matthew
Moonshine Highway
1996
as Jed Muldoon
Showgirls
1995
as Zack Carey
Roswell
1994
as Jesse Marcel
Vault of Horror I
1994
as Earl Raymond Digs
The Flintstones
1994
as Cliff Vandercave
Against the Wall
1994
as Michael Smith
The Trial
1993
as Josef K
Where the Day Takes You
1992
as Ted
Rich in Love
1992
as Billy McQueen
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Special Agent Dale Cooper
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self
The Doors
1991
as Ray Manzarek
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990
as Trout
Twin Peaks
1990
as Dale Cooper
Twin Peaks
1990
as Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper
Twin Peaks
1989
as Special Agent Dale Cooper
Dream Breakers
1989
as Bobby O'Connor
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Earl Raymond Digs
American Experience
1988
as Narrator
No Frank in Lumberton
1988
as Self
The Hidden
1987
as Lloyd Gallagher
Blue Velvet
1986
as Jeffrey Beaumont
Dune
1984
as Paul Atreides
Echo Valley
as Richard Garrett
Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
as Self
Altar
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady
as Self