Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (/məˈɡlɑːklən/; born February 22, 1959) is an American actor. MacLachlan is best known for his roles in cult films such as Blue Velvet as Jeffrey Beaumont, The Hidden as Lloyd Gallagher, as Zack Carey in Showgirls and as Paul Atreides in Dune. He has also had prominent roles in television shows including appearing as Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks, Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City, Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives, The Captain in How I Met Your Mother, and as the Mayor of Portland in Portlandia. Early life 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.
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Movie | Confess, Fletch | Ronald Horan | 2022-09-16 |
Movie | Tesla | Thomas Edison | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | High Flying Bird | David Seton | 2019-01-27 |
Movie | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Isaac Izard | 2018-09-15 |
Movie | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | 'Blue Velvet' Revisited | Self | 2016-10-07 |
Movie | Riley's First Date? | Dad (voice) | 2015-11-03 |
Movie | Inside Out | Dad (voice) | 2015-06-09 |
Series | Believe | Roman Skouras | 2014-03-10 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 2014-07-16 |
Movie | Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories | Himself | 2014-07-29 |
Movie | Breathe In | Peter Sebeck | 2013-01-18 |
Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Cal | 2013-09-24 |
Series | Portlandia | Mayor | 2011-01-21 |
Movie | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Mark Hudson | 2011-09-13 |
Movie | The Smell of Success | Jimmy St. James | 2011-08-19 |
Movie | Sundance Skippy | Himself | 2010-01-21 |
Movie | Mao's Last Dancer | Charles Foster | 2009-10-01 |
Movie | Justice League: The New Frontier | Superman (voice) | 2008-02-26 |
Movie | A Slice of Lynch | Self | 2007-10-30 |
Movie | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
Series | In Justice | David Swain | 2006-01-01 |
Movie | Free Jimmy | Marius (voice) | 2006-04-21 |
Series | The One Show | Unknown | 2006-08-14 |
Movie | Mysterious Island | Cyrus | 2005-09-17 |
Series | How I Met Your Mother | The Captain | 2005-09-19 |
Movie | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Edward Wilde | 2004-07-12 |
Movie | Touch of Pink | Ghost of Cary Grant | 2004-07-16 |
Movie | Northfork | Mr. Hope | 2003-07-11 |
Movie | Miranda | Nailor | 2002-01-18 |
Movie | Mysteries of Love | Self | 2002-06-04 |
Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
Movie | Perfume | Business Manager | 2001-04-08 |
Movie | Xchange | Fisk / Toffler 2 | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Me Without You | Daniel | 2001-11-01 |
Movie | The Spring | Dennis Conway | 2000-01-16 |
Movie | Timecode | Bunny Drysdale | 2000-04-28 |
Movie | Thunder Point | Sean Dillon | 1998-05-30 |
Movie | The Windsor Protocol | Sean Dillon | 1998-11-10 |
Movie | Route 9 | Booth Parker | 1998-11-20 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | One Night Stand | Vernon | 1997-11-14 |
Movie | Moonshine Highway | Jed Muldoon | 1996-05-05 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Mad Dog Time | Jake Parker | 1996-11-08 |
Movie | The Trigger Effect | Matthew | 1996-08-30 |
Movie | Showgirls | Zack Carey | 1995-09-22 |
Movie | Vault of Horror I | Earl Raymond Digs | 1994-07-02 |
Movie | Against the Wall | Michael Smith | 1994-03-26 |
Movie | The Trial | Josef K | 1993-06-18 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Dale Cooper | 1992-06-03 |
Movie | Where the Day Takes You | Ted | 1992-09-11 |
Movie | Rich in Love | Billy McQueen | 1992-09-04 |
Movie | The Doors | Ray Manzarek | 1991-03-01 |
Series | Twin Peaks | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 1990-04-08 |
Movie | Don't Tell Her It's Me | Trout | 1990-09-21 |
Movie | Dream Breakers | Bobby O'Connor | 1989-09-02 |
Movie | Twin Peaks | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 1989-09-03 |
Movie | No Frank in Lumberton | 1988-01-19 | |
Movie | The Hidden | Lloyd Gallagher | 1987-10-30 |
Movie | Blue Velvet | Jeffrey Beaumont | 1986-09-19 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
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