Kyle MacLachlan

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Kyle MacLachlan
MacLachlan at the 1991 Emmy Awards.
Born	February 22, 1959 (age 48) Yakima, Washington
Spouse(s)	Desiree Gruber (2002-)
Official site	http://www.kylemaclachlan.com
Notable roles	Paul Atreides in Dune Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Ray Manzarek in The Doors Josef K. in The Trial Zack Carey in Showgirls Claudius in Hamlet Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives

Kyle MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959, in Yakima, Washington) is a Golden Globe award winning American actor. He is a graduate of the University of Washington and moved to Hollywood, California to pursue his career soon after his 1982 graduation. He is best known for playing the lead role, Agent Dale Cooper, in David Lynch's TV series Twin Peaks.

1 Career
2 Personal life
3 Selected filmography
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Career

MacLachlan has worked extensively with director David Lynch. He first appeared as Paul Atreides in the film Dune, Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune and as Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet. Later he played Special Agent Dale Cooper in Lynch's ABC television series Twin Peaks, reprising that role for Lynch's 1992 prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Lynch commented on those roles in a GQ story about MacLachlan:

'Kyle plays innocents who are interested in the mysteries of life. He's the person you trust enough to go into a strange world with.'^[1]

In the 1993 film version of Franz Kafka's The Trial, MacLachlan played the lead role of the persecuted Josef K. He also had a recurring role in the American television series Sex and the City, portraying Dr. Trey MacDougal, the one-time husband of Charlotte York (Kristin Davis). He portrayed the spirit of Cary Grant in Touch of Pink. Most noteworthy to critics was his uncanny ability to capture the nuances of Grant's mannerisms. MacLachlan also lent his voice to media mogul Donald Love in the video game Grand Theft Auto III.

In 1995 MacLachlan starred in Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. The movie was universally panned by critics as one of the worst ever made and it collected seven Golden Raspberry Awards (from a record thirteen nominations). MacLachlan himself was deeply embarrassed with his involvement and infamously walked out of the film's premiere, in which he was allegedly heard exclaiming "I thought this was an art movie"^{[citation needed]}. It did not seriously damage his career, unlike co-star Elizabeth Berkley, whose career was arguably ruined beyond repair.

MacLachlan has appeared in several plays, including John Kolvenbach's On an Average Day with Woody Harrelson, on Broadway in The Caretaker with Patrick Stewart,^[2] as well as in Romeo and Juliet, and the Shakespearean history Henry V.

After starring in the short-lived In Justice, MacLachlan has become a regular on the hit show Desperate Housewives. His character, the mysterious dentist Orson Hodge, first appeared during the show's second season, with MacLachlan becoming a full-time cast member with the start of season three. The actor's arrival and his chemistry with his on-camera love interest Marcia Cross has helped revitalized interest the series.

[edit] Personal life

MacLachlan was born in Yakima, Washington, and graduated from Davis High School. He is married, and lives in Manhattan with his wife and their two small dogs (a Jack Russell Terrier and a Yorkie/Chihuahua mix). Blaming it on 'probably too much affection',^[3] the couple have created a website about their dogs. Mookie and Sam also have a "TV show".

[edit] Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director/Series creator	Other notes
1984	Dune	Paul Atreides	David Lynch
1986	Blue Velvet	Jeffrey Beaumont	David Lynch
1987	The Hidden	Lloyd Gallagher	Jack Sholder
1990	Don't Tell Her It's Me	Trout	Malcolm Mowbray
1990-1991	Twin Peaks (TV series)	Special Agent Dale Cooper	David Lynch, Mark Frost	lead
1991	The Doors	Ray Manzarek	Oliver Stone
1991	Tales from the Crypt (TV series) (3.03 Carrion Death)	Earl Raymond Digs	Steven E. De Souza
1992	Where the Day Takes You	Ted	Marc Rocco
1992	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me	Special Agent Dale Cooper	David Lynch
1993	The Trial	Josef K.	David Jones
1993	Rich in Love	Billy McQueen	Bruce Beresford
1994	The Flintstones	Cliff Vandercave	Brian Levant
	Against the Wall (TV)	Michael Smith	John Frankenheimer
	Roswell (TV)	Maj. Jesse Marcel	Jeremy Kagan
1995	Showgirls	Zack Carey	Paul Verhoeven
1996	Moonshine Highway (TV)	Jed Muldoon	Andy Armstrong
	Windsor Protocol (TV)	Sean Dillon	George Mihalka
	The Trigger Effect	Matthew	David Koepp
	Mad Dog Time	Jake Parker	Larry Bishop
1997	One Night Stand	Vernon	Mike Figgis
1998	Thunder Point (TV)	Sean Dillon	George Mihalka
2000	XChange	Fisk/Toffler 2	Allan Moyle
	The Spring (TV)	Dennis Conway	David Jackson
	Hamlet	Claudius	Michael Almereyda
	Timecode	Bunny Drysdale	Mike Figgis
2000-2002	Sex and the City (TV series)	Trey MacDougal	Darren Star	recurring role (seasons 3-5)
2001	Me Without You	Daniel	Sandra Goldbacher
2001	Grand Theft Auto III (video game)	Donald Love		voice
2002	Miranda	Nailor	Marc Munden
2003	Northfork	Mr. Hope	Michael Polish
2004	Touch of Pink	Spirit of Cary Grant	Ian Iqbal Rashid
	The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (TV)	Edward Wilde	Peter Winther
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series) (6.6 Conscience)	Dr. Brett Morton	David Platt	guest appearance
2005	Mysterious Island (TV)	Cyrus	Russell Mulcahy
2006	In Justice (TV series)	David Swain	Michelle King, Robert King	lead
2006	Free Jimmy	Marius	Christopher Nielsen
2006-2007	Desperate Housewives (TV series)	Orson Hodge	Marc Cherry	regular (season 2-present)