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.
Movie | I Know Catherine, The Log Lady | Self | 2025 |
Series | Fallout | Overseer Hank | 2024-04-10 |
Movie | Miranda's Victim | Warren | 2023-10-06 |
Movie | Confess, Fletch | Ronald Horan | 2022-09-16 |
Series | Joe vs Carole | Howard Baskin | 2022-03-03 |
Movie | Capone | Doctor Karlock | 2020-06-26 |
Movie | Tesla | Thomas Edison | 2020-08-14 |
Series | Atlantic Crossing | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2020-10-25 |
Movie | Giant Little Ones | Ray Winter | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | High Flying Bird | David Seton | 2019-01-27 |
Movie | You Don't Nomi | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-04-27 |
Series | Carol's Second Act | Dr. Stephen Frost | 2019-09-26 |
Movie | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Isaac Izard | 2018-09-15 |
Movie | See You on the Other Side Dear Friend | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | The Number of Completion | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Tell It Martin | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | A Pot of Boiling Oil | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Behind the Red Curtain | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Two Blue Balls | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | 'Blue Velvet' Revisited | Self | 2016-10-07 |
Movie | Inside Out | Dad (voice) | 2015-06-09 |
Movie | Riley's First Date? | Dad (voice) | 2015-11-03 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 2014-07-16 |
Series | Believe | Roman Skouras | 2014-03-10 |
Movie | Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories | Himself | 2014-05-29 |
Movie | Breathe In | Peter Sebeck | 2013-01-18 |
Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Cal | 2013-09-24 |
Series | Gravity Falls | Bus Driver (voice) | 2012-06-15 |
Series | Made in Jersey | Donovan Stark | 2012-09-28 |
Series | Portlandia | Mayor | 2011-01-21 |
Movie | The Smell of Success | Jimmy St. James | 2011-08-19 |
Movie | Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage | Jeffrey Beaumont | 2011-11-08 |
Movie | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Mark Hudson | 2011-09-13 |
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 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Bill Kerr (uncredited) | 2008-08-06 |
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 | 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 |
Series | Desperate Housewives | Orson Hodge | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | Touch of Pink | Ghost of Cary Grant | 2004-07-16 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | 2004-09-13 | |
Movie | Northfork | Mr. Hope | 2003-07-11 |
Movie | Impressions of Dune | 2003-03-28 | |
Movie | Miranda | Nailor | 2002-01-18 |
Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
Movie | Mysteries of Love | Self | 2002-06-04 |
Movie | Xchange | Fisk / Toffler 2 | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Perfume | Business Manager | 2001-04-08 |
Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
Movie | Me Without You | Daniel | 2001-11-01 |
Movie | The Spring | Dennis Conway | 2000-01-16 |
Movie | Timecode | Bunny Drysdale | 2000-04-28 |
Movie | Hamlet | Claudius | 2000-05-12 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
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 | The Trigger Effect | Matthew | 1996-08-30 |
Movie | Mad Dog Time | Jake Parker | 1996-11-08 |
Movie | Showgirls | Zack Carey | 1995-09-22 |
Series | The Frank Skinner Show | Unknown | 1995-09-10 |
Movie | Roswell | Jesse Marcel | 1994-07-31 |
Movie | Against the Wall | Michael Smith | 1994-03-26 |
Movie | Vault of Horror I | Earl Raymond Digs | 1994-07-02 |
Movie | The Flintstones | Cliff Vandercave | 1994-05-26 |
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 | Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper | 1990-04-08 |
Movie | Don't Tell Her It's Me | Trout | 1990-09-21 |
Movie | Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self | 1990-12-01 |
Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
Movie | Dream Breakers | Bobby O'Connor | 1989-09-02 |
Movie | Twin Peaks | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 1989-09-28 |
Movie | No Frank in Lumberton | 1988-01-19 | |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | The Hidden | Lloyd Gallagher | 1987-10-30 |
Movie | Blue Velvet | Jeffrey Beaumont | 1986-09-19 |
Movie | Dune | Paul Atreides | 1984-12-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |