
Kyle MacLachlan
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Biography
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.
Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Good Wife

Sex and the City

Tales from the Crypt

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

American Dad!

Saturday Night Live

The Late Late Show with James Corden

The Daily Show

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

Late Night with Seth Meyers

Futurama

How I Met Your Father

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures

Gravity Falls

Explained

How To with John Wilson

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Gravity Falls: Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back the Falls

Desperate Housewives

Inside Out 2

Northfork

Blink Twice

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

How I Met Your Mother

High Flying Bird

Inside Out

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Justice League: The New Frontier

Believe

Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon

Tell It Martin

The Flintstones

Free Jimmy

Capone

Fallout

Tesla

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

A Pot of Boiling Oil

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

The Doors

Confess, Fletch

Riley's First Date?

Behind the Red Curtain

A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks

Joe vs Carole

Carol's Second Act

Made in Jersey

Showgirls

Against the Wall

Dune

Roswell

A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks
Production Credits
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