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Kyle MacLachlan
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Kyle MacLachlan

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Actor
A.K.A.
Kyle Merritt MacLachlan
Gender
Male
Place of birth
Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, U.S.A.
Age
65 years
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Kyle MacLachlan
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Biography

Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (/məˈɡlɒklən/; born February 22, 1959) is an American actor. MacLachlan is best known for his role as Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017) and its subsequent film continuation Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), as well as in cult films such as 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 science fiction action film The Hidden (1987), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), Clifford Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), and the voice of Riley's dad in Inside Out (2015). He has also had prominent roles in 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–present), and Calvin Zabo in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2015).

MacLachlan has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama and has been nominated for two Emmy Awards, all for Twin Peaks.

Early life

MacLachlan was born at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington. His mother, Catherine (née Stone), was a public relations director for a school district and a homemaker who was active in community arts programs. His father, Kent Alan MacLachlan (born McLachlan), was a stockbroker and lawyer. Kyle has Scottish, Cornish and German ancestry. He grew up in Yakima, the eldest of three children. His two younger brothers, Craig and Kent Jr., both live in the Seattle area. Kyle graduated from Eisenhower High School in Yakima. His mother left his father when he was 17. His parents divorced in his senior year of high school, close to when he started college in 1977.

He was first 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. She also sent him to piano lessons from age 9 to 14, when he also began to study classical singing. While in high school, he performed in plays and in class musicals, acting in his first play at age 15. In 1982, he graduated cum laude with a BFA in drama from the University of Washington, as a student of the Professional Actor Training Program. He initially planned to major in business and also studied classical voice at UW, before focusing on acting. He moved to Los Angeles in 1985 after the release of the movie Dune in 1984, where he made his film debut in the starring role.

Career

1980s

MacLachlan has worked extensively with David Lynch, with whom he has been friends for many years. He first appeared as Paul Atreides in the film Dune (1984), Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel, which was a flop and met with poor reviews from critics, and as Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986). He starred in 1987s Science Fiction Action film The Hidden as FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher.

1990s

MacLachlan played Special Agent Dale Cooper in Lynch's ABC television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991), reprising that role for Lynch's 1992 prequel 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."

MacLachlan at the 1991 Emmy Awards.

MacLachlan appeared as musician Ray Manzarek in Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors, about the band of the same name. He had previously turned down Stone's offer to play Chris in the 1986 movie Platoon, which ultimately went to Charlie Sheen. 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.

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. In 1994, he was also featured in The Flintstones, a live-action movie adaptation of the animated sitcom of the same name, portraying Clifford Vandercave, the movie's primary antagonist.

In 1995, MacLachlan starred in Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. The movie was heavily panned by critics and it collected a record seven Golden Raspberry Awards. 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. 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.

In the 1990s, MacLachlan was offered by NBC to be one of the lead actors on the then-new soap opera Passions as a powerful, wealthy villain and head of a multimillion-dollar company, but MacLachlan turned it down.

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). MacLachlan played King Claudius in the 2000 film Hamlet based on William Shakespeare's play. In the video game Grand Theft Auto III released in 2001, he voiced the character of the sociopathic real-estate developer Donald Love. In 2002 he made his West End debut in John Kolvenbach's On an Average Day with Woody Harrelson.

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

In 2006, after starring in the short-lived In Justice, MacLachlan appeared in Desperate Housewives as the mysterious dentist Orson Hodge. He first appeared during the show's second season, and became a full-time cast member at the start of season three. In 2007, MacLachlan was one of the presenters at the London leg of Live Earth benefit concerts. He appeared in the 2008 movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. 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.

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. However, he returned as a guest star in 2012 for season eight, the final season of Desperate Housewives. He also guest starred as "The Captain" in season 6, 8 and 9 of How I Met Your Mother starting in 2010 and with a final appearance in 2014.

In 2011, he began playing his current role as the Mayor of Portland, Oregon, in the IFC comedy Portlandia. 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. In 2013 and 2014 he appeared as prosecutor Josh Perotti in four episodes of The Good Wife. In 2014 and 2015 he appeared in a recurring role on Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. television series as Calvin Zabo / The Doctor. In 2015, he voiced the main character's father in the Pixar animated feature Inside Out. In January 2015, it was announced that MacLachlan would return as Special Agent Dale Cooper for the new episodes of the limited television series Twin Peaks 2017, which will debut on May 21, 2017.

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. 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. It is regarded as one of Washington's highest rated wine labels.

Personal life

MacLachlan with actress Lara Flynn Boyle, at the 1990 Emmy Awards

MacLachlan was devastated when his mother died of ovarian cancer in 1986 at age 53, shortly before Blue Velvet was released. She had been diagnosed while he was filming Dune in 1983 and delayed informing him of the diagnosis. She had fought the cancer for years.

He was in a relationship with Blue Velvet co-star Laura Dern for three and a half years from 1985 to 1989. Then he was in a relationship with Twin Peaks co-star Lara Flynn Boyle for two and a half years. 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.

A year later, he met and began a relationship with publicist Desirée Gruber in 1999. Gruber runs her own public relations agency and would become an executive producer of Project Runway in 2004. He moved to New York City because he was filming Sex and the City and Gruber was based there. They were married on April 20, 2002.

Their son, Callum Lyon MacLachlan, was born in Los Angeles on July 26, 2008. The family has residences in Los Angeles and New York.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1984DunePaul Atreides
1986Blue VelvetJeffrey Beaumont
1987The HiddenLloyd Gallagher
1990Don't Tell Her It's MeTrout
1991The DoorsRay Manzarek
1992Where the Day Takes YouTed
1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with MeSpecial Agent Dale Cooper
1993The TrialJosef K.
1993Rich in LoveBilly McQueen
1994The FlintstonesClifford Vandercave
1995ShowgirlsZack Carey
1996Windsor ProtocolSean DillonDirect-to-video
1996The Trigger EffectMatthew
1996Mad Dog TimeJake Parker
1997One Night StandVernon
2000XChangeFisk / Toffler 2
2000HamletClaudius
2000TimecodeBunny Drysdale
2001Me Without YouDaniel
2002MirandaNailor
2003NorthforkMr. Hope
2004Touch of PinkSpirit of Cary Grant
2006Free JimmyMarius (voice)English dub
2008Justice League: The New FrontierKal-El / Clark Kent / Superman (voice)Direct-to-DVD
2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2Bill KerrUncredited
2009Mao's Last DancerCharles C. Foster
2009The Smell of SuccessJimmy St James
2011Peace, Love & MisunderstandingMark
2013Breathe InPeter Sebeck
2015Inside OutRiley's Dad (voice)

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990–1991Twin PeaksDale Cooper30 episodes
1990Saturday Night LiveHostEpisode: "Kyle MacLachlan/Sinead O'Connor"
1990The American ExperienceNarratorEpisode: "Insanity on Trial"
1991Tales from the CryptEarl Raymond DigsEpisode: "Carrion Death"
1994RoswellMaj. Jesse MarcelTelevision film
1994Against the WallMichael SmithTelevision film
1996Moonshine HighwayJed MuldoonTelevision film
1998Thunder PointSean DillonTelevision film
1998Route 9Booth ParkerTelevision film
2000The SpringDennis ConwayTelevision film
2000–2002Sex and the CityTrey MacDougal23 episodes
2004Law & Order: Special Victims UnitDr. Brett MortonEpisode: "Conscience"
2004The Librarian: Quest for the SpearEdward WildeTelevision film
2005Mysterious IslandCyrusTelevision film
2006In JusticeDavid Swain13 episodes
2006–2012Desperate HousewivesOrson Hodge86 episodes
2010–2014How I Met Your MotherGeorge Van Smoot / The Captain7 episodes
2011Law & Order: Special Victims UnitAndrew RainesEpisode: "Blood Brothers"
2011–2017PortlandiaMayor21 episodes
2012Made in JerseyDonovan Stark8 episodes
2013–2014The Good WifeJosh Perotti4 episodes
2014BelieveRoman Skouras12 episodes
2014–2015Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Calvin Johnson / The Doctor13 episodes
2016Gravity FallsBus Driver (voice)Episode: "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls"
2017Twin PeaksDale CooperUpcoming series

Video games

YearTitleRole
2001Grand Theft Auto IIIDonald Love (voice)

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNominated workResult
1990Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesTwin PeaksNominated
1991Golden Globe AwardsBest Actor – Television Series DramaWon
Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Lead Actor in a Drama SeriesNominated
Viewers for Quality TelevisionBest Actor in a Quality Drama SeriesNominated
1996Golden Raspberry AwardsWorst ActorShowgirlsNominated
2005Genie AwardsBest Supporting ActorTouch of PinkNominated
Saturn AwardsBest Supporting Actor on TelevisionThe Librarian: Quest for the SpearNominated
2007Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesDesperate HousewivesNominated
2008Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesNominated
2009Screen Actors Guild AwardsOutstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesNominated
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