Kyle MacLachlan

Acting • 1959-02-22 • Yakima, Washington, USA

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

8.1

How I Met Your Mother

2005

7.9

Desperate Housewives

2004

8.3

Twin Peaks

1990

7.4

Sex and the City

1998

7.5

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

2013

7.6

The Good Wife

2009

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Filmography

2026
I Know Catherine, the Log LadyFilm
Self
2026
100 Questions with Tom SimonsTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
2025
Echo ValleyFilm
Richard Garrett
★ 6.5
2025
The LowdownTV
Donald Washberg • 3 episodes
★ 6.9
2025
OvercompensatingTV
John Scanlon • 2 episodes
★ 7.3
2025
Welcome to LynchlandFilm
Self - Actor
★ 6.2
2025
How We Screened Twin Peaks on 35 mmFilm
Self
2024
FalloutTV
Overseer Hank MacLean • 10 episodes
★ 8.1
2024
Inside Out 2Film
Dad (voice)
★ 7.5
2024
Blink TwiceFilm
Rich
★ 6.7
2023
Star Wars: Young Jedi AdventuresTV
Draiven Bosh (voice) • 4 episodes
★ 4.6
2023
Miranda's VictimFilm
Warren
★ 6.8
2023
Svensken bakom HollywoodkroppenFilm
Himself
★ 10.0
2022
How I Met Your FatherTV
The Captain • 2 episodes
★ 6.4
2022
Confess, FletchFilm
Ronald Horan
★ 6.2
2022
Joe vs CaroleTV
Howard Baskin • 8 episodes
★ 4.1
2021
ValFilm
Self (archive)
★ 7.2
2021
You Don't NomiFilm
Himself (archive footage)
★ 5.9
2021
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer HouseFilm
Self
2020
CaponeFilm
Doctor Karlock
★ 5.1
2020
TeslaFilm
Thomas Edison
★ 5.8
2020
How To with John WilsonTV
Self (Swiping MetroCard on the Subway) • 1 episodes
★ 8.1
2020
Atlantic CrossingTV
President Franklin D. Roosevelt • 8 episodes
★ 6.7
2019
The Kelly Clarkson ShowTV
Self • 2 episodes
★ 6.2
2019
Giant Little OnesFilm
Ray Winter
★ 7.1
2019
High Flying BirdFilm
David Seton
★ 5.7
2019
The Staggering GirlFilm
Matteo / Bruno / Angelo
★ 5.7
2019
Carol's Second ActTV
Dr. Stephen Frost • 18 episodes
★ 6.1
2019
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl LeeFilm
Self
2018
The House with a Clock in Its WallsFilm
Isaac Izard
★ 6.3
2018
ExplainedTV
Narrator (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 7.4
2018
GQ Presents: Iconic CharactersTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2017
The Man with the Gray Elevated HairFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2017
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin PeaksFilm
Self
★ 7.0
2017
I Had Bad Milk in DehradunFilm
Self
★ 6.6
2017
Behind the Red CurtainFilm
Self
★ 6.2
2017
The Number of CompletionFilm
Self
★ 5.5
2017
A Pot of Boiling OilFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2017
Do Not Pick Up HitchhikersFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2017
Tell It MartinFilm
Self
★ 5.0
2017
See You on the Other Side Dear FriendFilm
Self
2017
Two Blue BallsFilm
Self
2016
Blue Velvet RevisitedFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2015
The Late Show with Stephen ColbertTV
Self - Guest • 3 episodes
★ 6.1
2015
The Late Late Show with James CordenTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
2015
Inside OutFilm
Dad (voice)
★ 7.9
2015
Riley's First Date?Film
Dad (voice)
★ 7.2
2014
Late Night with Seth MeyersTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.1
2014
Twin Peaks: The Missing PiecesFilm
Special Agent Dale Cooper
★ 7.2
2014
BelieveTV
Roman Skouras • 13 episodes
★ 6.8
2014
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me MemoriesFilm
Self
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.TV
Skye's Father • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.TV
The Doctor • 5 episodes
★ 7.5
2013
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.TV
Cal • 5 episodes
★ 7.5
2013
Breathe InFilm
Peter Sebeck
★ 5.9
2012
Gravity FallsTV
Bus Driver (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.6
2012
Made in JerseyTV
Donovan Stark • 8 episodes
★ 6.8
2012
Brunch VillageFilm
Mayor
★ 10.0
2011
PortlandiaTV
Mayor • 23 episodes
★ 6.9
2011
Peace, Love & MisunderstandingFilm
Mark Hudson
★ 5.8
2011
The Smell of SuccessFilm
Jimmy St. James
★ 5.6
2011
Blue Velvet: The Lost FootageFilm
Jeffrey Beaumont
★ 7.0
2011
The DoctorFilm
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 4.9
2009
The Good WifeTV
Josh Perotti • 4 episodes
★ 7.6
2009
Mao’s Last DancerFilm
Charles Foster
★ 6.6
2008
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Film
Bill Kerr (uncredited)
★ 6.3
2008
Justice League: The New FrontierFilm
Superman (voice)
★ 6.8
2007
A Slice of LynchFilm
Self
★ 6.9
2007
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin PeaksFilm
Self
★ 7.4
2007
The 50 Greatest Television DramasFilm
Self
2006
In JusticeTV
David Swain • 13 episodes
★ 6.9
2005
How I Met Your MotherTV
George Van Smoot • 7 episodes
★ 8.1
2005
American Dad!TV
Del (voice) • 2 episodes
★ 7.0
2005
Jules Verne's Mysterious IslandTV
Cyrus • 2 episodes
★ 5.2
2005
Jules Verne's Mysterious IslandFilm
Cyrus
★ 5.5
2004
Desperate HousewivesTV
Orson Hodge • 95 episodes
★ 7.9
2004
The Librarian: Quest for the SpearFilm
Edward Wilde
★ 6.3
2004
The Tony Danza ShowTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 6.4
2004
Touch of PinkFilm
Ghost of Cary Grant
★ 6.1
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!TV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2003
NorthforkFilm
Mr. Hope
★ 6.0
2003
Impressions of DuneFilm
Self
2002
V Graham NortonTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 5.3
2002
MirandaFilm
Nailor
★ 5.5
2002
Mysteries of LoveFilm
Self
★ 7.1
2001
Richard & JudyTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 3.4
2001
Me Without YouFilm
Daniel
★ 6.4
2001
XchangeFilm
Fisk / Toffler 2
★ 5.2
2001
PerfumeFilm
Business Manager
★ 4.8
2001
I Love 1990sTV
★ 10.0
2001
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin PeaksFilm
Self
★ 6.0
2001
An Introduction to David LynchFilm
Self
★ 4.0
2001
TreesFilm
Special Agent Dale Cooper
2001
Postcards From The CastFilm
Self
2001
PieFilm
Special Agent Dale Cooper
2000
HamletFilm
Claudius
★ 5.8
2000
TimecodeFilm
Bunny Drysdale
★ 5.6
2000
The SpringFilm
Dennis Conway
★ 6.6
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTV
Andrew Raines • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTV
Dr. Brett Morton • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1999
FuturamaTV
Dung Beetle (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.4
1999
FuturamaTV
Kyle MacLachlan's Head (voice) • 1 episodes
★ 8.4
1999
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary SpecialFilm
(archive footage)
★ 6.9
1998
Sex and the CityTV
Trey MacDougal • 23 episodes
★ 7.4
1998
Route 9Film
Booth Parker
★ 7.0
1998
The Windsor ProtocolFilm
Sean Dillon
★ 4.8
1998
Thunder PointFilm
Sean Dillon
★ 4.5
1998
The Invisible ManFilm
Jack Griffin
★ 9.0
1997
The ViewTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 4.3
1997
One Night StandFilm
Vernon
★ 5.6
1997
Welcome to Twin PeaksFilm
Self - Interviewee / Dale Cooper
1996
The Daily ShowTV
Self • 3 episodes
★ 6.4
1996
The Trigger EffectFilm
Matthew
★ 5.8
1996
Mad Dog TimeFilm
Jake Parker
★ 5.2
1996
Moonshine HighwayFilm
Jed Muldoon
★ 6.4
1996
Film Independent Spirit AwardsTV
Self • 1 episodes
1995
ShowgirlsFilm
Zack Carey
★ 5.6
1995
The Frank Skinner ShowTV
Self • 1 episodes
★ 7.5
1995
The ConversationFilm
Harry Caul
1994
The FlintstonesFilm
Cliff Vandercave
★ 5.4
1994
Against the WallFilm
Michael Smith
★ 6.2
1994
RoswellFilm
Jesse Marcel
★ 6.1
1994
Vault of Horror IFilm
Earl Raymond Digs (archive footage)
★ 5.3
1993
Late Night with Conan O'BrienTV
Self - Guest • 1 episodes
★ 7.3
1993
The TrialFilm
Josef K
★ 6.0
1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeFilm
Special Agent Dale Cooper
★ 7.4
1992
Where the Day Takes YouFilm
Ted
★ 6.1
1992
Rich in LoveFilm
Billy McQueen
★ 6.4
1991
The DoorsFilm
Ray Manzarek
★ 7.1
1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis HopperFilm
Self
1991
Message to the Allied ForcesFilm
Special Agent Dale Cooper
1990
Twin PeaksTV
Dale Cooper • 30 episodes
★ 8.3
1990
Twin PeaksTV
Dale Cooper / Dougie Jones • 18 episodes
★ 8.3
1990
Don't Tell Her It's MeFilm
Trout Potts
★ 5.7
1990
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole PorterFilm
Self
1989
Tales from the CryptTV
Earl Raymond Digs (segment "Carrion Death") • 1 episodes
★ 8.0
1989
Twin PeaksFilm
Special Agent Dale Cooper
★ 8.5
1989
Dream BreakersFilm
Bobby O'Connor
★ 9.0
1988
LIVE with Kelly and MarkTV
Self - Guest • 2 episodes
★ 5.6
1988
American ExperienceTV
Narrator • 1 episodes
★ 6.5
1988
No Frank in LumbertonFilm
Self
★ 8.2
1987
The HiddenFilm
Lloyd Gallagher
★ 6.9
1986
Blue VelvetFilm
Jeffrey Beaumont
★ 7.6
1985
Screen TwoTV
Josef K • 1 episodes
★ 7.1
1984
DuneFilm
Paul Atreides
★ 6.2
1983
Destination DuneFilm
Self
★ 6.5
1980
The ChangelingFilm
Uncredited
★ 7.0
1975
Saturday Night LiveTV
Self - Host • 1 episodes
★ 6.9