
Place of Birth:
Yakima, Washington, USA
Date of Birth:
2/22/1959
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.

The Flintstones

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Blue Velvet

The Doors

Dune

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Hamlet

Showgirls

Don't Tell Her It's Me

Against the Wall

Me Without You

Xchange

One Night Stand

The Hidden

Mao’s Last Dancer

Justice League: The New Frontier

Timecode

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

Roswell

The Smell of Success

The Spring

Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen

Mad Dog Time

Where the Day Takes You

The Trial

Miranda

The Windsor Protocol

Touch of Pink

The Trigger Effect

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Mysteries of Love

Moonshine Highway

Rich in Love

Breathe In
An Introduction to David Lynch

Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
Postcards From The Cast

Route 9

Miranda's Victim

Blink Twice

Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon

Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

Inside Out 2

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

Confess, Fletch

Thunder Point

Inside Out

A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee

No Frank in Lumberton

Riley's First Date?

Echo Valley

Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
Altar

Blue Velvet Revisited

Twin Peaks

Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories

A Slice of Lynch

Vault of Horror I

Dream Breakers

Perfume

Northfork

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Capone

High Flying Bird

Giant Little Ones

I Know Catherine, the Log Lady

The Staggering Girl

You Don't Nomi

Impressions of Dune

Tesla

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House

The Number of Completion

Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers

See You on the Other Side Dear Friend

Tell It Martin

Two Blue Balls

Behind the Red Curtain

A Pot of Boiling Oil

A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
The Conversation

Welcome to Lynchland

Destination Dune
The Invisible Man
The Doctor
You Deserve Each Other

The Changeling

Cooper's sausage