Kyle MacLachlan
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Yakima, Washington, USA
Born in 1959, Washington native Kyle MacLachlan, among other things, claims to be a descendent of the legendary composer Johann Sebastian Bach. However, unlike his very distant relative, MacLachlan made his mark not in music, but in television and film. After performing in a variety of local theater productions throughout his youth -- and acting out scenes from the popular Hardy Boys fiction series in his even younger years -- MacLachlan made his feature-film debut in director David Lynch's adaptation Dune in 1984. This would mark the first of many collaborations with Lynch; in 1986, Lynch cast MacLachlan as a young man shocked at what lies under a small town's picture-perfect facade in Blue Velvet. A year later, MacLachlan starred as an alien FBI agent in The Hidden, Jack Sholder's 1987 cult hit. MacLachlan, however, wouldn't gain true mainstream notoriety until 1989, when David Lynch called upon the young actor to play another FBI agent; this time, he was Special Agent Dale Cooper, who was sent to a small Washington town to investigate the murder of a young girl in ABC's popular but ultimately short-lived prime-time drama, Twin Peaks. The role would earn him two Emmy nominations for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and pave the way for more silver-screen roles, some of which include Ray Manzarek in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), villain Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), and a falsely accused bank clerk in The Trial (1993). MacLachlan offered several relatively well-received starring and supporting performances throughout the mid- to late '90s, and did what he could for his role in Paul Verhoeven's famous 1995 flop, Showgirls.Luckily, the late '90s to early 2000s were much kinder to MacLachlan. In addition to playing another smooth agent in David Koepp's The Trigger Effect (1996), which some critics claimed was his best performance since Blue Velvet, the actor also was cast as King Claudius in Michael Almereyda's adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. However, it was television that once again made MacLachlan a household name, albeit temporarily. In 2000, he joined the cast of HBO's multiple-award-winning series Sex and the City as Charlotte's (Kristin Davis) mama's boy husband, Trey. In 2003, MacLachlan starred in the Bravo network's popular documentary series, The Reality of Reality. Over the coming years, McLachlan wouldenjoy successful arcs on popular TV shows, like How I Met Your Mother, Desperate Housewives, and Portlandia.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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58% | Tesla |
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— | 2020 |
93% | Giant Little Ones |
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— | 2019 |
29% | The Staggering Girl |
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— | 2019 |
91% | High Flying Bird |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | O mistério do relógio na parede |
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— | 2018 |
65% | The House with a Clock in Its Walls |
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— | 2018 |
98% | Inside Out |
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$264.4M | 2015 |
56% | Breathe In |
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$56.4k | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces |
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— | 2014 |
30% | Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding |
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$0.6M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | The Smell of Success |
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— | 2011 |
56% | Mao's Last Dancer |
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$4.9M | 2010 |
65% | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 |
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$44.1M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Justice League: The New Frontier |
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— | 2008 |
58% | A Slice of Lynch |
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— | 2007 |
10% | Free Jimmy (Slipp Jimmy fri) |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Jules Verne's Mysterious Island |
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— | 2005 |
60% | The Librarian: Quest for the Spear |
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— | 2004 |
36% | Touch of Pink |
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$0.2M | 2004 |
56% | Northfork |
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$1.3M | 2003 |
67% | Me Without You |
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$55.8k | 2002 |
44% | Miranda |
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— | 2002 |
0% | Xchange |
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— | 2001 |
11% | Perfume |
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— | 2001 |
59% | Hamlet |
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— | 2000 |
68% | Timecode |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | The Spring |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Route 9 |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Thunder Point |
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— | 1998 |
32% | One Night Stand |
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— | 1997 |
17% | Mad Dog Time |
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— | 1996 |
75% | The Trigger Effect |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Moonshine Highway |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Windsor Protocol |
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— | 1996 |
23% | Showgirls |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Roswell |
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— | 1994 |
20% | The Flintstones |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Against the Wall |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up |
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— | 1994 |
29% | The Trial |
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— | 1993 |
67% | Rich in Love |
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— | 1993 |
80% | Where the Day Takes You |
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— | 1992 |
64% | Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me |
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— | 1992 |
57% | The Doors |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Don't Tell Her It's Me |
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— | 1990 |
75% | The Hidden |
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— | 1987 |
94% | Blue Velvet |
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— | 1986 |
51% | Dune |
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— | 1984 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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80% |
Atlantic Crossing
2020
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50% |
Carol's Second Act
2019-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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82% |
Twin Peaks
1990-2017
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No Score Yet |
Conan
2010
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Today
2017-2019
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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94% |
Portlandia
2011-2018
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95% |
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013
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39% |
Believe
2014
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Seth Meyers
2014
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No Score Yet |
Le don
2014
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93% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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83% |
How I Met Your Mother
2005-2014
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33% |
Made in Jersey
2012
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72% |
Desperate Housewives
2004-2012
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No Score Yet |
Comment je l'ai rencontrée
2005-2013
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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40% |
In Justice
2006
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70% |
Sex and the City
1998-2004
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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82% |
Tales from the Crypt
1989-1996
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No Score Yet |
American Experience
1988
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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27% |
The Mullets
2003-2004
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Quotes from Kyle MacLachlan's Characters
Cliff Vandercave: | Flintstone! Kiss your bird goodbye. |
Jeffrey Beaumont: | [as Frank fondles Dorothy in front of him] Leave her alone! |
Alim: | Can you believe it? She still keeps plastic on the furniture. |
Cary Grant: | It keeps the evil fresh. |
Cary Grant: | You say pretense like its's a bad thing. Personally, I think this truth business is over-rated. |
Cary Grant: | You good people keep looking up to us movie stars and we'll keep looking after you. |
Paul Atreides: | I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. |