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Kyle MacLachlan
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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.
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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.
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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
Production Credits
Tales from the Crypt
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