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Kyle Merritt MacLachlan[1] (/məˈɡlɒklən/; né McLachlan, February 22, 1959)[2] is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), as well as roles in two of David Lynch's films: Paul Atreides in Dune (1984) and Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986). MacLachlan's other film roles include Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden (1987), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), Zack Carey in Showgirls (1995), and the voice of Riley's father in Inside Out (2015).^{[citation needed]}

Kyle MacLachlan
MacLachlan at the 70th Cannes Film Festival in 2017
Born	Kyle Merritt McLachlan (1959-02-22) February 22, 1959 (age 63) Yakima, Washington, U.S.
Alma mater	University of Washington
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1980–present
Spouse	Desiree Gruber ​ (m. 2002)​
Partners	Lara Flynn Boyle (1990–1992) Linda Evangelista (1992–1998)
Children	1

He has had prominent roles in television shows including appearing as Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City (2000–2002),He also futured in GTA III(2001) as Donald Love ,Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives (2006–2012), The Captain in How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014) and How I Met Your Father (2022), the Mayor of Portland in Portlandia (2011–2018), and Calvin Johnson in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2015).

MacLachlan has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1990) and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film in 2017, for playing the role of Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks. He has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards for Twin Peaks.

Early life

MacLachlan was born Kyle Merritt McLachlan (subsequently changing the spelling of his name to reflect his Scottish heritage),[1] at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington.[3] His mother, Catherine (née Stone;[4] 1934-1986),[5] was a public relations director for a school district[6][7] and a homemaker who was active in community arts programs.[8] His father, Kent Alan McLachlan (1933-2011),[1] was a stockbroker and lawyer.[4][8] Kyle has Scottish, Cornish, and German ancestry.[9] He grew up in Yakima, the eldest of three boys.[8][10] His two younger brothers, Craig and Kent Jr., live in the Seattle area.[1][11] MacLachlan graduated from Eisenhower High School in Yakima.[12] His mother left his father when he was 17,[7][13] and his parents divorced in his senior year of high school on 12 October 1977.[8][10][14]

MacLachlan was introduced to stage acting by his mother when she became director of a youth theater program for teenagers that she helped set up in Yakima.[7][8] She also sent him to piano lessons from the age of 9 to 14, when he also began to study classical singing.[8][15] While in high school, he performed in plays and in class musicals, acting in his first play aged 15.[6][8] For his senior year, MacLachlan played the lead role of Brindsley Miller in a production of Peter Shaffer's one-act play Black Comedy and also performed as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. In 1982, he graduated cum laude with a BFA in drama from the University of Washington (UW), as a student of the Professional Actor Training Program.[16][17] He initially planned to major in business[8] and also studied classical voice at UW,[18] but changed his focus to acting.[8]

Career

1980s

The first film MacLachlan worked on was The Changeling (1980), part of which was shot on the University of Washington campus. He was paid $10 as an extra.[17]

In the summer of 1981, after his sophomore year at college, he played the lead in three roles at the Old Lyric Repertory Theatre in Logan, Utah and the following summer with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon.[19]

MacLachlan made his film debut in Dune (1984) in the starring role of Paul Atreides.[20] While still in college, MacLachlan was appearing in Molière's Tartuffe in a Seattle-area theater. A casting agent for Dune producer Dino de Laurentiis was looking for a young actor to star in the film, and multiple people recommended MacLachlan. After several screen tests, he hit it off with director David Lynch, aided by their common Pacific Northwest backgrounds, and succeeded in winning the part.[8]

After Dune flopped and met with poor reviews from critics, MacLachlan found it difficult to find work. He moved to Los Angeles in 1985,[8][21] and auditioned for several films, including Top Gun, but failed to win any roles, eventually dropping his agent, Creative Artists Agency.[8]

Finally, Lynch cast MacLachlan in the starring role of Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986), which was received more positively.[8] Reflecting on his enduring relationship with Lynch in a 2012 interview, MacLachlan remarked: "David Lynch plucked me from obscurity. He cast me as the lead in Dune and Blue Velvet, and people have seen me as this boy-next-door-cooking-up-something-weird-in-the-basement ever since."[22] Lynch biographer Chris Rodley described MacLachlan as an on-screen incarnation of Lynch's own persona.[23]

He starred in the 1987 science fiction action film The Hidden as FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher.[24]

1990s

MacLachlan further collaborated with Lynch in the ABC television series Twin Peaks (1990–91), playing Special Agent Dale Cooper, reprising that role for Lynch's 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Lynch commented on those roles in a GQ story about MacLachlan: "Kyle plays innocents who are interested in the mysteries of life. He's the person you trust enough to go into a strange world with."[6] MacLachlan also said he considered Lynch one of his mentors that had a "monumental impact" on him.[25] Lynch, who is known to allow his collaborative partners a large degree of control over their roles when working with him, rewrote scenes in Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks at the request of MacLachlan, who felt they were not right for his characters.[26]

MacLachlan appeared as musician Ray Manzarek in Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors, about the band of the same name.[27] He had previously turned down Stone's offer to play Chris in the 1986 movie Platoon, which ultimately went to Charlie Sheen.[28] In the 1993 film version of Franz Kafka's The Trial, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter, MacLachlan played the lead role of the persecuted Josef K.[29]

MacLachlan co-starred with Samuel L. Jackson as a rookie prison guard in John Frankenheimer's 1994 Emmy-winning HBO film Against the Wall about the Attica prison riots.[30] In 1994, he was also featured in The Flintstones, a live-action movie adaptation of the animated sitcom of the same name, portraying Cliff Vandercave, the movie's primary antagonist, opposite John Goodman and Rick Moranis.[28] He played the role of a killer in Tales from the Crypt, in 1991.[31]

In 1995, MacLachlan starred in Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. The movie was heavily panned by critics[32] and it collected a record seven Golden Raspberry Awards.[33] MacLachlan recalls that when he watched Showgirls for the first time before the premiere, he thought it was "horrible". But he later realised that the movie was "inadvertently funny" and embraced for its campiness.[28][34] According to MacLachlan, although he skipped the movie's press tour, he had sat through the whole screening, contrary to reports that he walked out.[34]

2000s

From 2000 to 2002, MacLachlan had a recurring role in the American television series Sex and the City, portraying Dr. Trey MacDougal, the one-time husband of Charlotte York (Kristin Davis).[28] MacLachlan played King Claudius in the 2000 film Hamlet based on William Shakespeare's play.[10] In the video game Grand Theft Auto III released in 2001, he voiced the character of the sociopathic real-estate developer Donald Love.[35] In 2002 he made his West End debut in John Kolvenbach's On an Average Day with Woody Harrelson.[36][37]

In 2003, MacLachlan made his Broadway debut as Aston in Harold Pinter's The Caretaker with Patrick Stewart.[38] He portrayed the spirit of Cary Grant in the 2004 film Touch of Pink.[39] His resemblance to Grant had been previously noted in an episode of Twin Peaks. That same year he also had a guest role in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, in which he played a psychiatrist who shot and killed a sociopathic child who had murdered his son.[40] He was a guest star in the show again in 2011, as a politician whose son is involved in a rape accusation.[41]

In 2006, after starring in the short-lived In Justice, MacLachlan appeared in Desperate Housewives as the mysterious dentist Orson Hodge.[28] He first appeared during the show's second season, and became a full-time cast member at the start of season three.[42][43] In 2007, MacLachlan was one of the presenters at the London leg of Live Earth benefit concerts.[44] He appeared in the 2008 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.[45] In the English version of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film Free Jimmy released in 2008, he voiced the character of "Marius", a militant animal rights activist.[46]

2010s

In 2010, after four years of playing Orson Hodge, MacLachlan decided to quit Desperate Housewives as he found the commute from his home in New York City to the set in Los Angeles increasingly difficult since becoming a father in 2008.[47][48] However, he returned as a guest star in 2012 for season eight, the final season of Desperate Housewives.[49] He also guest starred as George "The Captain" Van Smoot in season 6, 8 and 9 of How I Met Your Mother from 2010 until 2014.[50] He would reprise the role in the first season of the spinoff How I Met Your Father in 2022.[51]

From 2011 to 2018, he played the role of Mayor of Portland, Oregon, in the IFC comedy Portlandia.[28][52] After the end of the short-lived 2012 series Made in Jersey where he starred as lawyer Donovan Stark, he was cast as a guest star in The Good Wife.[53][54] In 2013 and 2014 he appeared as prosecutor Josh Perotti in four episodes of The Good Wife.[55] In 2014 and 2015 he appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as supervillain Calvin Zabo / The Doctor.[56][57] In 2015, he voiced Riley Anderson's father in the Pixar animated feature Inside Out.[58] In January 2015, it was announced that MacLachlan would return as Special Agent Dale Cooper for the new limited television series Twin Peaks,[59] which debuted on May 21, 2017.[60] In an interview, MacLachlan said he doesn't understand all of Twin Peaks and that fans understand it much more than him.[25]

In 2018, MacLachlan starred as the main antagonist Isaac Izard in the fantasy-horror family film The House with a Clock in its Walls.[61]

Winemaking

A dedicated wine lover, Kyle is partners with vintner Eric Dunham in Pursued by Bear, a label of Dunham Cellars in Walla Walla, Washington that started in 2005.[62][63] The name, suggested over dinner by Fred Savage, comes from a stage direction ("Exit, pursued by a bear") in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.[64] It is regarded as one of Washington's highest rated wine labels.[62] Pursued By Bear sells five wines: Twin Bear, Pursued by Bear, Baby Bear, Blushing Bear, Bear Cub.[65]

Personal life

MacLachlan was devastated when his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1986, aged 53, shortly before Blue Velvet was released.[6][10][13] She had been diagnosed while he was filming Dune in 1983, and delayed informing him of the diagnosis.[10][66] His father died of post-surgery complications in 2011.[4]

He was in a relationship with Blue Velvet co-star Laura Dern for three-and-a-half years from 1985 to 1989.[6][67] Subsequently, he was in a relationship with Twin Peaks co-star Lara Flynn Boyle for two-and-a-half years.[6][15] In 1992, after his relationship with Boyle ended, he began a relationship with supermodel Linda Evangelista after they met at a photo shoot they did together for Barneys New York. According to MacLachlan, they had been engaged for a few years when their six-year relationship ended in 1998.[7][10][68]

A year later, he met and began a relationship with publicist Desiree Gruber.[10][13] Gruber runs her own public relations agency; she became an executive producer of Project Runway in 2004.[36][69] MacLachlan moved to New York City because he was filming Sex and the City and Gruber was based there.[13] They were married on April 20, 2002.[11] Their son was born on July 25, 2008.[70] The family has residences in Los Angeles and New York.[18][71]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Dune	Paul Atreides
1986	Blue Velvet	Jeffrey Beaumont
1987	The Hidden	Lloyd Gallagher
1990	Don't Tell Her It's Me	Trout
1991	The Doors	Ray Manzarek
1992	Where the Day Takes You	Ted
1992	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	Special Agent Dale Cooper
1992	Rich in Love	Billy McQueen
1993	The Trial	Josef K.
1994	The Flintstones	Clifford "Cliff" Vandercave
1995	Showgirls	Zack Carey
1996	The Trigger Effect	Matthew Kay
1996	Mad Dog Time	Jake Parker
1997	One Night Stand	Vernon Rivers
2000	XChange	James Fisk / Stuart Toffler 2
2000	Hamlet	Claudius
2000	Timecode	Bunny Drysdale
2001	Me Without You	Daniel
2001	Perfume	Business Manager
2002	Miranda	Nailor
2003	Northfork	Mr. Hope
2004	Touch of Pink	Spirit of Cary Grant
2008	Free Jimmy	Marius	English dub
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Kal-El / Clark Kent / Superman	Voice Direct-to-DVD
2008	The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2	Bill Kerr	Uncredited
2009	Mao's Last Dancer	Charles C. Foster
2009	The Smell of Success	Jimmy St. James
2011	Peace, Love & Misunderstanding	Mark
2013	Breathe In	Peter Sebeck
2015	Inside Out	Mr. Anderson	Voice
2015	Riley's First Date?		Voice Short film
2018	Giant Little Ones	Ray Winter
2018	The House with a Clock in Its Walls	Isaac Izard
2019	High Flying Bird	David Seton
2019	The Staggering Girl	Matteo / Bruno / Angelo	Short film
2020	Tesla	Thomas Edison
2020	Capone	Dr. Karlock
2022	Confess, Fletch	Horan
TBA	Miranda's Victim	Earl Warren	Filming
TBA	Pussy Island		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Dream Breakers	Bobby O'Connor	Television film
1990–1991	Twin Peaks	Dale Cooper	30 episodes
1990	Saturday Night Live	Himself (host)	Episode: "Kyle MacLachlan/Sinead O'Connor"
1990	The American Experience	Narrator	Episode: "Insanity on Trial"
1991	Tales from the Crypt	Earl Raymond Digs	Episode: "Carrion Death"
1994	Against the Wall	Michael Smith	Television film
1994	Roswell	Jesse A. Marcel	Television film
1995	The Conversation	Harry Caul	Pilot
1996	Moonshine Highway	Jed Muldoon	Television film
1997	Windsor Protocol	Sean Dillon	Television film
1998	Thunder Point		Television film
1998	Route 9	Booth Parker	Television film
1998	The Invisible Man	Jack Griffin	Pilot
2000	The Spring	Dennis Conway	Television film
2000–2002	Sex and the City	Trey MacDougal	23 episodes
2002	Jo	Role unknown	Pilot
2004	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Dr. Brett Morton	Episode: "Conscience"
2004	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	Edward Wilde	Television film
2005	Mysterious Island	Cyrus Smith	Television film
2006	In Justice	David Swain	13 episodes
2006–2012	Desperate Housewives	Orson Hodge	85 episodes
2010–2014	How I Met Your Mother	George Van Smoot / The Captain	7 episodes
2011	The Doctor	Jason	Pilot
2011	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Andrew Raines	Episode: "Blood Brothers"
2011–2018	Portlandia	Mayor of Portland	24 episodes
2012	Made in Jersey	Donovan Stark	8 episodes
2013–2014	The Good Wife	Josh Perotti	4 episodes
2014	Believe	Roman Skouras	12 episodes
2014–2015	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.	Calvin Johnson / The Doctor	13 episodes
2016	Gravity Falls	Bus Driver (voice)	Episode: "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls"
2017	Twin Peaks	Dale Cooper	18 episodes
2018	American Dad!	Del (voice)	Episode: "Paranoid Frandroid"
2019–2020	Carol's Second Act	Dr. Frost	18 episodes
2020	How to With John Wilson	Himself	Episode: "How to Make Small Talk"; uncredited
2020	Atlantic Crossing	President Franklin D. Roosevelt	8 episodes
2022	Joe vs. Carole	Howard Baskin	8 episodes[72]
2022	How I Met Your Father	George Van Smoot / The Captain	2 episodes
TBA	Fallout		Upcoming series

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2001	Grand Theft Auto III	Donald Love / Chatterbox Guest

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Tartuffe	Damis	Empty Space Theatre
1988	The Palace of Amateurs	Terrence Beebe	Minetta Lane Theatre
2002	On An Average Day	Jack	Harold Pinter Theatre
2003–2004	The Caretaker	Aston	American Airlines Theatre

Awards and nominations

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1990	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series	Twin Peaks	Nominated
1991				Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Television Series Drama		Won
	Viewers for Quality Television	Best Actor in a Quality Drama Series		Nominated
1996	Golden Raspberry Awards	Worst Actor	Showgirls	Nominated
2005	Genie Awards	Best Supporting Actor	Touch of Pink	Nominated
	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actor on Television	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear	Nominated
2007	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Desperate Housewives	Nominated
2008				Nominated
2009				Nominated
2018	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Twin Peaks	Nominated	[73][74]
	Dorian Awards	TV Performance of the Year - Actor		Won
	Empire Awards	Best Actor in a TV series		Nominated
	Saturn Awards	Best Actor on Television		Won

See also

• List of celebrities who own wineries and vineyards

References

External links

• Kyle MacLachlan at IMDb
• Playbill – Kyle MacLachlan: Who's Who Bio

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[de] Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (* 22. Februar 1959 in Yakima, Washington) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Bekannt wurde er durch seine Zusammenarbeit mit David Lynch bei der Fernsehserie Twin Peaks und den Filmen Der Wüstenplanet und Blue Velvet.

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[es] Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (Yakima, Washington, 22 de febrero de 1959) es un actor de teatro, cine y televisión estadounidense, graduado en la Universidad de Washington y ganador del Globo de Oro, y principalmente conocido por su interpretación del agente Dale Cooper en la serie Twin Peaks.

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[ru] Маклахлен, Кайл

Кайл Мерритт Маклахлен (англ. Kyle Merritt MacLachlan ([məˈɡlɑːklən]); род. 22 февраля 1959 (1959-02-22), Якима, Вашингтон, США) — американский актёр, ставший известным в роли специального агента ФБР Дейла Купера в телесериале Дэвида Линча «Твин Пикс». Голос Дональда Лава в популярной компьютерной игре Grand Theft Auto III.

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