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Kyle Merritt MacLachlan is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), as well as roles in two of David Lynch's films: Paul Atreides in Dune (1984) and Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986). MacLachlan's other film roles include Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden (1987), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), Zack Carey in Showgirls (1995), and the voice of Riley's father in Inside Out (2015).
Birth Name
Kyle Merritt McLachlan
Born
Sunday, 22 February 1959
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Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Blink Twice | 2024 | |
| Inside Out 2 | Mr. Andersen | 2024 |
| Fallout | Overseer Hank MacLean | 2024 |
| Miranda's Victim | Chief Justice Earl Warren | 2023 |
| Young Jedi Adventures | Draiven Bosh | 2023 |
| Lucky Hank | Dickie Pope | 2023 |
| Nothing Compares | Self | 2022 |
| Confess, Fletch | Ronald Horan | 2022 |
| Joe vs. Carole | Howard Baskin | 2022 |
| How I Met Your Father | The Captain | 2022 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Blink Twice | 2024 | |
| Inside Out 2 | Mr. Andersen | 2024 |
| Fallout | Overseer Hank MacLean | 2024 |
| Miranda's Victim | Chief Justice Earl Warren | 2023 |
| Young Jedi Adventures | Draiven Bosh | 2023 |
| Lucky Hank | Dickie Pope | 2023 |
| Nothing Compares | Self | 2022 |
| Confess, Fletch | Ronald Horan | 2022 |
| Joe vs. Carole | Howard Baskin | 2022 |
| How I Met Your Father | The Captain | 2022 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | Self | 2021 |
| Val | Self | 2021 |
| Atlantic Crossing | President Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2020 |
| How to with John Wilson | Self (Swiping MetroCard on the subway) | 2020 |
| Tesla | Thomas Edison | 2020 |
| You Don't Nomi | Himself (archive footage) / Self / Zack Carey | 2020 |
| Capone | Doctor Karlock | 2020 |
| Josh Gates Tonight | Self | 2020 |
| The Staggering Girl | Matteo / Bruno / Angelo | 2019 |
| Carol's Second Act | Dr. Stephen Frost | 2019 |
| The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self - Guest | 2019 |
| High Flying Bird | David Seton | 2019 |
| Giant Little Ones | Ray Winter | 2019 |
| CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion | Self | 2018 |
| The House with a Clock in Its Walls | Isaac Izard | 2018 |
| Explained | Self - Narrator | 2018 |
| Hollywood, No Sex Please! | Jeffrey Beaumont | 2018 |
| 75th Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 2018 |
| EW Reunites | Self - Dale Cooper | 2016 |
| The IMDb Studio at Sundance | Self | 2016 |
| Riley's First Date? | Dad (voice) / Dad | 2015 |
| The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Inside Out | Dad (voice) / Dad | 2015 |
| Red Nose Day | Self | 2015 |
| The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest | 2015 |
| Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |
| Moving Through Time: Fire Walk with Me Memories | Himself / Self | 2014 |
| Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces | FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper / Special Agent Dale Cooper | 2014 |
| Believe | Roman Skouras / Dr. Roman Skouras | 2014 |
| Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| The Getaway | Self | 2013 |
| Celebrity Page | Self | 2013 |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Calvin Zabo | 2013 |
| Breathe In | Peter Sebeck | 2013 |
| Made in Jersey | Donovan Stark | 2012 |
| Katie | Self - Guest | 2012 |
| Gravity Falls | Bus Driver | 2012 |
| Peace, Love & Misunderstanding | Mark Hudson | 2012 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| Portlandia | Mayor / Mayor of Austin / Sean | 2011 |
| Conan | Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self - Guest | 2010 |
| Channel 4's Comedy Gala | Self | 2010 |
| Mao's Last Dancer | Charles Foster | 2009 |
| The Good Wife | Josh Perotti | 2009 |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Himself - Guest | 2009 |
| The Smell of Success | Jimmy St. James | 2009 |
| Popcorn with Peter Travers | Self - Guest | 2009 |
| Stand Up to Cancer | 2008 | |
| The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 | Bill Kerr | 2008 |
| Justice League: The New Frontier | Superman / Superman (voice) | 2008 |
| Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks | Self / Special Agent Dale Cooper | 2007 |
| A Slice of Lynch | Self | 2007 |
| Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | Self | 2006 |
| Rachael Ray | Self - Guest | 2006 |
| Free Jimmy | Marius / Marius (voice) | 2006 |
| In Justice | David Swain | 2006 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| How I Met Your Mother | The Captain | 2005 |
| Mysterious Island | Cyrus | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Del | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Desperate Housewives | Orson Hodge | 2004 |
| The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004 |
| Touch of Pink | Spirit of Cary Grant / Ghost of Cary Grant | 2004 |
| The Librarian: Quest for the Spear | Edward Wilde | 2004 |
| The Apprentice | Himself - Actor | 2004 |
| The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Himself | 2003 |
| Northfork | Mr. Hope | 2003 |
| Gylne tider | Dale Cooper | 2002 |
| V Graham Norton | Self - Guest | 2002 |
| Miranda | Nailor | 2002 |
| Mysteries of Love | Himself / Self | 2002 |
| Me Without You | Daniel | 2001 |
| Perfume | Business Manager | 2001 |
| Xchange | Fisk / Toffler 2 | 2001 |
| Hamlet | Claudius | 2000 |
| Timecode | Bunny Drysdale | 2000 |
| The Spring | Dennis Conway | 2000 |
| Saturday Night Live 25 | Karl-Henz Schelker | 1999 |
| Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Andrew Raines / Dr. Brett Morton | 1999 |
| Futurama | Dung Beetle | 1999 |
| The Directors | Self | 1999 |
| Route 9 | Booth Parker | 1998 |
| Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol | Sean Dillon | 1998 |
| So Graham Norton | Self - Guest | 1998 |
| Thunder Point | Sean Dillon | 1998 |
| Sex and the City | Trey MacDougal | 1998 |
| Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch | Special Agent Dale Cooper | 1997 |
| One Night Stand | Vernon | 1997 |
| Mad Dog Time | Jake Parker | 1996 |
| The Trigger Effect | Matthew | 1996 |
| The Daily Show | Self - Guest | 1996 |
| Moonshine Highway | Jed Muldoon | 1996 |
| Showgirls | Zack Carey | 1995 |
| The Frank Skinner Show | Self - Guest | 1995 |
| Crazy Little Thing Called Love | Dale Cooper | 1995 |
| Roswell | Jesse Marcel | 1994 |
| The Flintstones | Cliff Vandercave | 1994 |
| Against the Wall | Michael Smith | 1994 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself - Guest | 1993 |
| The Hidden II | Lloyd Gallagher | 1993 |
| The Trial | Josef K. / Josef K | 1993 |
| Rich in Love | Billy McQueen | 1992 |
| Where the Day Takes You | Ted | 1992 |
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | Special Agent Dale Cooper / Dale Cooper | 1992 |
| The Doors | Ray Manzarek | 1991 |
| Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter | Self / Himself | 1990 |
| The Boyfriend School | Trout | 1990 |
| Twin Peaks | Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper | 1990 |
| Twin Peaks | Special Agent Dale Cooper / Dale Cooper / Dougie Jones | 1989 |
| Tales from the Crypt | Earl Raymond Digs | 1989 |
| Dream Breakers | Bobby O'Connor | 1989 |
| American Experience | Self - Narrator | 1988 |
| The Hidden | Lloyd Gallagher | 1987 |
| Nightlife | Self | 1986 |
| Blue Velvet | Jeffrey Beaumont | 1986 |
| Dune | Paul Atreides | 1984 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self - Host / Various / Agent Cooper | 1975 |
| The Doors | Ray Manzarek | 1968 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| In Justice | 2006 |
| Tales from the Crypt | 1989 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2018 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1991 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | Won |
| 1991 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
| 1990 | Emmy | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series | Nominated |
