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Kyle MacLachlan

Highest Rated: 98% Inside Out (2015)

Lowest Rated: 0% XChange (2000)

Birthday: Feb 22, 1959

Birthplace: Yakima, Washington, USA

Plucked from obscurity, clean-cut Kyle MacLachlan became a movie star overnight when he landed the lead in the epic space opera "Dune" (1984), but the film's disastrous critical reception nearly consigned him to the role of "has been" just as quickly. Luckily for MacLachlan, he had a guardian angel in David Lynch, the visionary director who had cast him in the adaptation of the classic science fiction novel. Lynch would give MacLachlan the starring role in his next film, "Blue Velvet" (1986) and a lead role on the surrealistic television series "Twin Peaks" (ABC, 1990-91). The former would eventually be regarded as a cinematic masterpiece, while the latter became an instant sensation during its first season. Big box office success, however, continued to elude MacLachlan with overlooked vehicles like the sci-fi thriller "The Hidden" (1987) and Oliver Stone's Jim Morrison biopic "The Doors" (1991), as well as co-starring in the laughing stock that was "Showgirls" (1995), which later developed a rabid cult following. MacLachlan would make a modest return to notoriety on television with recurring parts as the wealthy, impotent husband of Charlotte York on "Sex and the City" (HBO, 1998-2004), and later on Marc Cherry's campy "Desperate Housewives" (ABC, 2004-12). While MacLachlan became known as a respected working actor, continuing to appear in film and episodic television, a sense of unfinished business remained for years, until Lynch and co-creator Mark Frost announced "Twin Peaks: The Return" (Showtime 2017), a complex and at times divisive "movie in 18 parts" that featured MacLachlan in multiple roles associated with his signature character of FBI special agent Dale Cooper.

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Highest rated movies

98% 89% Inside Out Watchlist
95% 88% Blue Velvet
Watchlist
93% 85% Giant Little Ones Watchlist 91% 49% High Flying Bird Watchlist 91% 95% Inside Out 2 Watchlist 86% 74% Confess, Fletch Watchlist 82% 91% Miranda's Victim Watchlist
80% 73% Where the Day Takes You
Watchlist
76% 73% The Hidden
Watchlist
75% 70% Blink Twice Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
75% 70% Blink Twice Rich (Character) $22.8M 2024
91% 95% Inside Out 2 Dad (Voice) $653.0M 2024
82% 91% Miranda's Victim Warren (Character) - 2023
86% 74% Confess, Fletch Horan (Character) $711.6M 2022
58% 43% Tesla Thomas Edison (Character) $93.0K 2020
40% 24% Capone Karlock (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 43% The Staggering Girl Matteo / Bruno / Angelo (Character) - 2019
91% 49% High Flying Bird David Seton (Character) - 2019
93% 85% Giant Little Ones Ray Winter (Character) $159.1K 2018
65% 45% The House With a Clock in Its Walls Isaac Izard (Character) $68.5M 2018
No Score Yet 88% Riley's First Date? Dad (Voice) - 2015
98% 89% Inside Out Riley's Father (Voice) $2.0M 2015
No Score Yet 89% Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Character) - 2014
30% 50% Peace, Love & Misunderstanding Mark (Character) $539.9K 2011
No Score Yet 28% The Smell of Success Jimmy St. James (Character) - 2009
55% 76% Mao's Last Dancer Charles Foster (Character) $4.8M 2009
No Score Yet 71% Justice League: The New Frontier Superman (Voice) - 2008
56% 68% A Slice of Lynch Unknown (Character) - 2007
10% 55% Free Jimmy Marius (Voice) - 2006
60% 57% The Librarian: Quest for the Spear Edward Wilde (Character) - 2004
37% 65% Touch of Pink Cary Grant (Character) $564.5K 2004
57% 66% Northfork Mr. Hope (Character) $1.4M 2003
38% 35% Miranda Nailor (Character) - 2002
68% 78% Me Without You Daniel (Character) $301.2K 2001
11% 51% Perfume Business Manager (Character) - 2001
59% 46% Hamlet Claudius (Character) $1.6M 2000
0% 29% XChange James Fisk 2/Stuart Toffler 2 (Character) - 2000
68% 48% Timecode Bunny Drysdale (Character) $945.0K 2000
No Score Yet 27% The Spring Dennis Conway (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 44% Route 9 Booth Parker (Character) - 1998
33% 39% One Night Stand Vernon (Character) $2.6M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Windsor Protocol Sean Dillon (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thunder Point Sean Dillon (Character) - 1996
No Score Yet 71% Moonshine Highway Jed Muldoon (Character) - 1996
17% 51% Mad Dog Time Jake Parker (Character) $102.9K 1996
73% 44% The Trigger Effect Matthew (Character) $3.6M 1996
23% 38% Showgirls Zack Carey (Character) $19.3M 1995
No Score Yet 64% Against the Wall Michael Smith (Character) - 1994
23% 25% The Flintstones Cliff Vandercave (Character) $130.5M 1994
No Score Yet 86% Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up Unknown (Character) - 1994
No Score Yet 56% Roswell Jesse Marcel (Character) - 1994
29% 51% The Trial Josef K. (Character) - 1993
69% 38% Rich in Love Billy McQueen (Character) $2.0M 1992
80% 73% Where the Day Takes You Ted (Character) $389.0K 1992
64% 78% Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Special Agent Dale Cooper (Character) $4.2M 1992
56% 79% The Doors Ray Manzarek (Character) $32.7M 1991
No Score Yet 59% Don't Tell Her It's Me Trout (Character) $1.1M 1990
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dream Breakers Bobby O'Connor (Character) - 1989
76% 73% The Hidden Lloyd Gallagher (Character) $9.7M 1987
95% 88% Blue Velvet Jeffrey Beaumont (Character) $8.6M 1986
36% 65% Dune Paul Atreides (Character) - 1984

TV

Credit
94% 90% Fallout Hank MacLean (Character) 2024
95% 66% Lucky Hank Unknown (Guest Star) 2023
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Talk Guest 2019 2022
No Score Yet 55% The Kelly Clarkson Show Guest 2021-2022
33% 86% Joe vs Carole Howard Baskin (Character) 2022
No Score Yet 50% The Late Show With Stephen Colbert Guest 2018 2021-2022
88% 55% Atlantic Crossing on Masterpiece President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Character) 2020
50% 48% Carol's Second Act Dr. Stephen Frost (Character) 2019-2020
No Score Yet 86% Explained Narrator 2018
No Score Yet 18% The Late Late Show With James Corden Guest 2015 2017-2018
94% 81% Portlandia Unknown (Guest Star) 2011-2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Conan Guest 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ellen DeGeneres Show Guest 2017
94% 83% Twin Peaks: The Return Dale Cooper (Character) 2017
No Score Yet 44% The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Guest 2017
95% 91% Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Unknown (Guest Star) 2014-2015
93% 90% The Good Wife Josh Perotti (Guest Star) 2013-2014
39% 80% Believe Skouras (Character) 2014
No Score Yet 61% Late Night With Seth Meyers Guest 2014
84% 85% How I Met Your Mother The Captain (Guest Star) 2010-2011 2013
33% No Score Yet Made in Jersey Donovan Stark (Character) 2012
72% 89% Desperate Housewives Orson Hodge (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star)
2006-2012
78% 83% Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Brett Morton (Guest Star) 2004 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachael Ray Guest 2008
40% No Score Yet In Justice Unknown (Character) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daily Show Guest 2000 2003
70% 80% Sex and the City Trey MacDougal (Guest Star) 2000-2002
82% 90% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character),
Director
1991 1993
78% 92% Twin Peaks Special Agent Dale Cooper (Character) 1990-1991
No Score Yet 57% Saturday Night Live Host 1990