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 |
Movie | Altar | 2025 | |
Movie | Blink Twice | Rich | 2024-08-21 |
Movie | Inside Out 2 | Dad (voice) | 2024-06-11 |
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 |
Series | Atlantic Crossing | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2020-10-25 |
Movie | Capone | Doctor Karlock | 2020-06-26 |
Movie | Tesla | Thomas Edison | 2020-08-14 |
Movie | Giant Little Ones | Ray Winter | 2019-01-03 |
Movie | You Don't Nomi | Himself (archive footage) | 2019-04-27 |
Series | Carol's Second Act | Dr. Stephen Frost | 2019-09-26 |
Movie | High Flying Bird | David Seton | 2019-01-27 |
Movie | The Staggering Girl | Matteo / Bruno / Angelo | 2019-05-17 |
Series | Explained | Narrator - Himself | 2018-05-23 |
Movie | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Isaac Izard | 2018-09-15 |
Movie | I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Tell It Martin | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | The Number of Completion | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Two Blue Balls | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | See You on the Other Side Dear Friend | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Behind the Red Curtain | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | A Pot of Boiling Oil | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks | Self | 2017-12-05 |
Movie | Blue Velvet Revisited | Self | 2016-10-07 |
Movie | Riley's First Date? | Dad (voice) | 2015-11-03 |
Movie | Inside Out | Dad (voice) | 2015-06-17 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 2014-07-16 |
Movie | Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories | Himself | 2014-07-29 |
Series | Believe | Roman Skouras | 2014-03-10 |
Series | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Cal | 2013-09-24 |
Movie | Breathe In | Peter Sebeck | 2013-01-18 |
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 | Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage | Jeffrey Beaumont | 2011-11-08 |
Movie | Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Mark Hudson | 2011-09-13 |
Movie | The Smell of Success | Jimmy St. James | 2011-08-19 |
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 | The 50 Greatest Television Dramas | Self | 2007-02-03 |
Movie | A Slice of Lynch | Self | 2007-10-30 |
Movie | Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks | 2007-10-30 | |
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 | How I Met Your Mother | The Captain | 2005-09-19 |
Series | Mysterious Island | Cyrus | 2005-09-17 |
Movie | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Edward Wilde | 2004-07-12 |
Movie | Touch of Pink | Ghost of Cary Grant | 2004-07-16 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Desperate Housewives | Orson Hodge | 2004-10-03 |
Movie | Impressions of Dune | 2003-03-28 | |
Movie | Northfork | Mr. Hope | 2003-07-11 |
Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
Movie | Mysteries of Love | Self | 2002-06-04 |
Movie | Miranda | Nailor | 2002-01-18 |
Movie | Xchange | Fisk / Toffler 2 | 2001-01-19 |
Movie | Perfume | Business Manager | 2001-04-08 |
Movie | An Introduction to David Lynch | Self | 2001-12-18 |
Series | Richard & Judy | Unknown | 2001-11-26 |
Movie | Me Without You | Daniel | 2001-11-01 |
Movie | The Spring | Dennis Conway | 2000-01-16 |
Movie | Hamlet | Claudius | 2000-05-12 |
Movie | Timecode | Bunny Drysdale | 2000-04-28 |
Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Dr. Brett Morton/ Andrew Raines | 1999-09-20 |
Movie | The Windsor Protocol | Sean Dillon | 1998-11-10 |
Movie | Route 9 | Booth Parker | 1998-11-20 |
Movie | Thunder Point | Sean Dillon | 1998-05-30 |
Movie | One Night Stand | Vernon | 1997-11-14 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
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 | Against the Wall | Michael Smith | 1994-03-26 |
Movie | Vault of Horror I | Earl Raymond Digs | 1994-07-02 |
Movie | Roswell | Jesse Marcel | 1994-07-31 |
Movie | The Flintstones | Cliff Vandercave | 1994-05-26 |
Movie | The Trial | Josef K | 1993-06-18 |
Movie | Rich in Love | Billy McQueen | 1992-09-04 |
Movie | Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 1992-06-03 |
Movie | Where the Day Takes You | Ted | 1992-09-11 |
Movie | The Doors | Ray Manzarek | 1991-03-01 |
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 | Twin Peaks | Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper | 1990-04-08 |
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 | 1989-09-03 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | No Frank in Lumberton | Self | 1988-01-19 |
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 |