
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

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Good Wife

Sex and the City

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Tales from the Crypt

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

American Dad!

Saturday Night Live

The Late Late Show with James Corden

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

The Daily Show

Futurama

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Frank Skinner Show

How I Met Your Father

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures

Gravity Falls

The One Show

The Lowdown

Explained

Overcompensating

How To with John Wilson

Val

The Changeling

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Desperate Housewives

Inside Out 2

How I Met Your Mother

Northfork

Blink Twice

The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

High Flying Bird

Inside Out

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

Justice League: The New Frontier

Believe

Tell It Martin

Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon

The Flintstones

Free Jimmy

Capone

Echo Valley

Fallout

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

Tesla

Confess, Fletch

Riley's First Date?

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks

A Pot of Boiling Oil

Joe vs Carole

The Doors

Blue Velvet

Behind the Red Curtain

Made in Jersey

Showgirls

Carol's Second Act

Against the Wall

Dune

The Trial

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

Roswell

A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
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