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Kyle MacLachlan is an American actor who has worked in film, television, and on stage. Born on February 22, 1959, in Yakima, Washington, he is a citizen of the United States and attended the University of Washington. His acting career began in 1984. MacLachlan resides in Los Angeles and New York City.
He is recognized for his roles in notable works such as *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*, *Desperate Housewives*, *The Flintstones*, and *Inside Out*. MacLachlan has received a Golden Globe and a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television. He has also authored works including *Fictional Selves* and *Diane - Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper*.
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Person · Open Library
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- 1
Top works
- Fictional Selves
- Diane - Twin Peaks Tapes of Agent Cooper
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Film & TV
Acting · Yakima, Washington, USA
Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959) is an American actor known for his roles in Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, and Sex and the City. He's known for his collaborations with David Lynch, who directed MacLachlan's screen debut in Dune and the Twin Peaks film prequel, Fire Walk with Me. MacLachlan won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks.
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- I Know Catherine, the Log Lady — Self2026
- Echo Valley — Richard Garrett2025
- Welcome to Lynchland — Self - Actor2025
- Overcompensating — John Scanlon2025
- The Lowdown — Donald Washberg2025
- Blink Twice — Rich2024
- Inside Out 2 — Dad (voice)2024
- Fallout — Overseer Hank MacLean2024
- Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen — Himself2023
- Miranda's Victim — Warren2023
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Listeners · Last.fm
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FBI Special Agent Dale B. Cooper is a character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. He is the lead protagonist of the series and also briefly appears in the prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachlan) is an FBI agent who arrives in Twin Peaks to investigate the brutal murder of the popular high-school student, Laura Palmer, and falls in love with Twin Peaks and gains a great deal of acceptance within a tight knit commu
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,937x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 20,832x
- The Chemistry and Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks
· 2013 · cited 16,026x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,938x
- Astropy: A community Python package for astronomy
· 2013 · cited 13,535x
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Encyclopedic overview
Kyle MacLachlan (/məkˈlɒklən/ mək-LOK-lən, né McLachlan; February 22, 1959) is an American actor. He is best known for his collaborations with David Lynch, having portrayed his role as Dale Cooper thrice in Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017), which won him a Golden Globe and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), as well as playing 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 Riley's father in the two films of the Inside Out film series (2015, 2024).
In addition to Twin Peaks, MacLachlan has had prominent roles on television such as Trey MacDougal on Sex and the City (2000–2002), Orson Hodge on Desperate Housewives (2006–2012), The Captain on How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014) and How I Met Your Father (2022), the Mayor of Portland on Portlandia (2011–2018), Calvin Johnson on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2015), and Hank MacLean on Fallout (2024–present).
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