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.

Filmography

• 2025Echo Valley — Richard Garrett
• Overcompensating — John Scanlon
• The Lowdown — Donald Washberg
• 2024Blink Twice — Rich
• Fallout — Overseer Hank MacLean
• 2024Inside Out 2 — Dad (voice)
• 2023Miranda's Victim — Warren
• Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures — Draiven Bosh (voice)
• 2022Confess, Fletch — Ronald Horan
• How I Met Your Father — The Captain
• Joe vs Carole — Howard Baskin
• Atlantic Crossing — President Franklin D. Roosevelt
• 2020Capone — Doctor Karlock
• 2020Tesla — Thomas Edison
• Carol's Second Act — Dr. Stephen Frost
• 2019Giant Little Ones — Ray Winter
• 2019High Flying Bird — David Seton
• 2019The Staggering Girl — Matteo / Bruno / Angelo
• Explained — Narrator (voice)
• 2018The House with a Clock in Its Walls — Isaac Izard
• 2015Inside Out — Dad (voice)
• 2015Riley's First Date? — Dad (voice)
• Believe — Roman Skouras
• 2014Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces — Special Agent Dale Cooper
• 2013Breathe In — Peter Sebeck
• Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Skye's Father, The Doctor, Cal
• 2012Brunch Village — Mayor
• Gravity Falls — Bus Driver (voice)
• Made in Jersey — Donovan Stark
• 2011Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage — Jeffrey Beaumont
• 2011Peace, Love & Misunderstanding — Mark Hudson
• Portlandia — Mayor
• 2011The Doctor
• 2011The Smell of Success — Jimmy St. James
• 2009Mao’s Last Dancer — Charles Foster
• The Good Wife — Josh Perotti
• 2008Justice League: The New Frontier — Superman (voice)
• 2008The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 — Bill Kerr (uncredited)
• In Justice — David Swain
• American Dad! — Del (voice)
• How I Met Your Mother — George Van Smoot
• 2005Jules Verne's Mysterious Island — Cyrus
• Jules Verne's Mysterious Island — Cyrus
• Desperate Housewives — Orson Hodge
• 2004The Librarian: Quest for the Spear — Edward Wilde
• 2004Touch of Pink — Ghost of Cary Grant
• 2003Northfork — Mr. Hope
• 2002Miranda — Nailor
• 2001Me Without You — Daniel
• 2001Perfume — Business Manager
• 2001Xchange — Fisk / Toffler 2
• 2000Hamlet — Claudius
• 2000The Spring — Dennis Conway
• 2000Timecode — Bunny Drysdale
• Futurama — Dung Beetle (voice), Kyle MacLachlan's Head (voice)
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Andrew Raines, Dr. Brett Morton
• 1999Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special — (archive footage)
• 1998Route 9 — Booth Parker
• Sex and the City — Trey MacDougal
• 1998The Invisible Man — Jack Griffin
• 1998The Windsor Protocol — Sean Dillon
• 1998Thunder Point — Sean Dillon
• 1997One Night Stand — Vernon
• 1996Mad Dog Time — Jake Parker
• 1996Moonshine Highway — Jed Muldoon
• 1996The Trigger Effect — Matthew
• 1995Showgirls — Zack Carey
• 1995The Conversation — Harry Caul
• 1994Against the Wall — Michael Smith
• 1994Roswell — Jesse Marcel
• 1994The Flintstones — Cliff Vandercave
• 1994Vault of Horror I — Earl Raymond Digs (archive footage)
• 1993The Trial — Josef K
• 1992Rich in Love — Billy McQueen
• 1992Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me — Special Agent Dale Cooper
• 1992Where the Day Takes You — Ted
• 1991The Doors — Ray Manzarek
• 1990Don't Tell Her It's Me — Trout Potts
• Twin Peaks — Dale Cooper, Dale Cooper / Dougie Jones
• 1989Dream Breakers — Bobby O'Connor
• Tales from the Crypt — Earl Raymond Digs (segment "Carrion Death"), Director
• 1989Twin Peaks — Special Agent Dale Cooper
• American Experience — Narrator
• 1987The Hidden — Lloyd Gallagher
• 1986Blue Velvet — Jeffrey Beaumont
• Screen Two — Josef K
• 1984Dune — Paul Atreides
• 1980The Changeling — Uncredited
• Altar
• You Deserve Each Other — Eugene Rose

Appearances as themselves (48)

• 2026I Know Catherine, the Log Lady — Self
• 2025Welcome to Lynchland — Self - Actor
• 2023Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen — Himself
• 2021Val — Self (archive)
• 2021Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House — Self
• 2021You Don't Nomi — Himself (archive footage)
• How To with John Wilson — Self (Swiping MetroCard on the Subway)
• 2019A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• GQ Presents: Iconic Characters — Self
• 2017A Pot of Boiling Oil — Self
• 2017A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks — Self
• 2017Behind the Red Curtain — Self
• 2017Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers — Self
• 2017I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun — Self
• 2017See You on the Other Side Dear Friend — Self
• 2017Tell It Martin — Self
• 2017The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair — Self
• 2017The Number of Completion — Self
• 2017Two Blue Balls — Self
• 2016Blue Velvet Revisited — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert — Self - Guest
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• 2014Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007A Slice of Lynch — Self
• 2007Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks — Self
• 2007The 50 Greatest Television Dramas — Self
• The Tony Danza Show — Self - Guest
• 2003Impressions of Dune — Self
• 2002Mysteries of Love — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 2001An Introduction to David Lynch — Self
• 2001Postcards From The Cast — Self
• 2001Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks — Self
• Richard & Judy — Self
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• 1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper — Self
• 1990Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self - Guest
• 1988No Frank in Lumberton — Self
• 1983Destination Dune — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• New Line: Independent Legacies — Self (archive footage)