Kyle MacLachlan
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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Kyle MacLachlan
Filmography
Movies
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75% |
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Blink Twice | Rich (Character) | $22.8M | 2024 |
91% |
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Inside Out 2 | Dad (Voice) | $653.0M | 2024 |
82% |
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Miranda's Victim | Warren (Character) | - | 2023 |
86% |
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Confess, Fletch | Horan (Character) | $711.6M | 2022 |
58% |
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Tesla | Thomas Edison (Character) | $93.0K | 2020 |
40% |
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Capone | Karlock (Character) | - | 2020 |
No Score Yet |
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The Staggering Girl |
Matteo / |
- | 2019 |
91% |
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High Flying Bird | David Seton (Character) | - | 2019 |
93% |
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Giant Little Ones | Ray Winter (Character) | $159.1K | 2018 |
65% |
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The House With a Clock in Its Walls | Isaac Izard (Character) | $68.5M | 2018 |
No Score Yet |
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Riley's First Date? | Dad (Voice) | - | 2015 |
98% |
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Inside Out | Riley's Father (Voice) | $2.0M | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Character) | - | 2014 |
30% |
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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Mark (Character) | $539.9K | 2011 |
No Score Yet |
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The Smell of Success | Jimmy St. James (Character) | - | 2009 |
55% |
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Mao's Last Dancer | Charles Foster (Character) | $4.8M | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Justice League: The New Frontier | Superman (Voice) | - | 2008 |
56% |
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A Slice of Lynch | Unknown (Character) | - | 2007 |
10% |
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Free Jimmy | Marius (Voice) | - | 2006 |
60% |
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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Edward Wilde (Character) | - | 2004 |
37% |
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Touch of Pink | Cary Grant (Character) | $564.5K | 2004 |
57% |
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Northfork | Mr. Hope (Character) | $1.4M | 2003 |
38% |
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Miranda | Nailor (Character) | - | 2002 |
68% |
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Me Without You | Daniel (Character) | $301.2K | 2001 |
11% |
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Perfume | Business Manager (Character) | - | 2001 |
59% |
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Hamlet | Claudius (Character) | $1.6M | 2000 |
0% |
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XChange |
James Fisk 2/ |
- | 2000 |
68% |
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Timecode | Bunny Drysdale (Character) | $945.0K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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The Spring | Dennis Conway (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Route 9 | Booth Parker (Character) | - | 1998 |
33% |
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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 |
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Moonshine Highway | Jed Muldoon (Character) | - | 1996 |
17% |
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Mad Dog Time | Jake Parker (Character) | $102.9K | 1996 |
73% |
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The Trigger Effect | Matthew (Character) | $3.6M | 1996 |
23% |
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Showgirls | Zack Carey (Character) | $19.3M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Against the Wall | Michael Smith (Character) | - | 1994 |
23% |
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The Flintstones | Cliff Vandercave (Character) | $130.5M | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up | Unknown (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Roswell | Jesse Marcel (Character) | - | 1994 |
29% |
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The Trial | Josef K. (Character) | - | 1993 |
69% |
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Rich in Love | Billy McQueen (Character) | $2.0M | 1992 |
80% |
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Where the Day Takes You | Ted (Character) | $389.0K | 1992 |
64% |
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me | Special Agent Dale Cooper (Character) | $4.2M | 1992 |
56% |
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The Doors | Ray Manzarek (Character) | $32.7M | 1991 |
No Score Yet |
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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% |
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The Hidden | Lloyd Gallagher (Character) | $9.7M | 1987 |
95% |
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Blue Velvet | Jeffrey Beaumont (Character) | $8.6M | 1986 |
36% |
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Dune | Paul Atreides (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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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 |