Biography
Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959) is an American actor. MacLachlan widely known for his portrayal of Dale Cooper in the TV series Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017), and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He is also known for his film roles including cult films such as Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), The Hidden (1987), and Showgirls (1995). He has also had prominent roles in other television shows including appearing as Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City (2000–2002)...
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Complete Filmography
Echo Valley
2025
as Richard Garrett
Kate lives a secluded life—until her troubled daughter shows up, frightened and covered in someone else's blood. As Kate unravels the shocking truth, ...
David Lynch: A Hollywood Enigma
2025
as Self - Actor
Creator of absolute freedom, David Lynch constructed his work as an enigma to be deciphered between dream and reality. A cult director from his first ...
I Know Catherine, the Log Lady
2025
as Self
An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in David Lynch & Mark Frost's "Twin Peaks".
Blink Twice
2024
as Rich
When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacatio...
Inside Out 2
2024
as Dad (voice)
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger...
Miranda's Victim
2023
as Warren
The true story of Trish Weir who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda. Committed to putting her assailant in prison, Trish’s li...
Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen
2023
as Himself
On the big screen, film bodies are becoming extreme and body building is part of many actors' job descriptions. Edit follows one of Hollywood's most h...
Confess, Fletch
2022
as Ronald Horan
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The on...
Val
2021
as Self (archive footage)
For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film a...
Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House
2021
as Self
An extensive interview with Palmer house owner and one-time Twin Peaks performer Mary Reber, with newly unearthed history and information about the ho...
Tesla
2020
as Thomas Edison
The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched technology—including his own previous work—by pioneering...
Capone
2020
as Doctor Karlock
The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to be haunted by his violent past.
A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee
2019
as Self
A rare joint interview running approximately 90 minutes with the actors behind the iconic characters of Laura Palmer and Special Agent Dale Cooper. Mo...
The Staggering Girl
2019
as Matteo / Bruno / Angelo
Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. There, the ghosts of her childhood will...
You Don't Nomi
2019
as Himself (archive footage)
Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptiv...
High Flying Bird
2019
as David Seton
When an NBA lockout sidelines his big rookie client, an agent hatches a bold plan to save their careers -- and disrupt the league's power structure.
Giant Little Ones
2019
as Ray Winter
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident...
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
2018
as Isaac Izard
When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious tickin...
Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon
2017
as Self
"Twin Peaks: The Phenomenon" is a three-part short documentary briefly chronicling the history of Twin Peaks. Produced and released on YouTube as part...
Tell It Martin
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
The Number of Completion
2017
as Self
Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers
2017
as Self
Documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
See You on the Other Side Dear Friend
2017
as Self
Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.
I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
A Pot of Boiling Oil
2017
as Self
A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. David Lynch interacts with his cast while they tell some stories.
Behind the Red Curtain
2017
as Self
Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
Two Blue Balls
2017
as Self
Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.
The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair
2017
as Self
Behind the scenes of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, with a focus on the work of David Lynch directing the actors.
A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks
2017
as Self
One week in the making of David Lynch's 2017 continuation of his groundbreaking television series TWIN PEAKS, capturing the cast and crew as they revi...
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016
as Self
When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set, shooting documentary footage with a Super 8 film came...
Riley's First Date?
2015
as Dad (voice)
Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes knocking. Mom's and Dad's Emotions find themselves forced to d...
Inside Out
2015
as Dad (voice)
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work togeth...
Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories
2014
as Himself
Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces
2014
as Special Agent Dale Cooper
Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of ...
Breathe In
2013
as Peter Sebeck
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters th...
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
as Jeffrey Beaumont
Fifty-three minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes assembled by David Lynch.
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding
2011
as Mark Hudson
A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husba...
The Smell of Success
2011
as Jimmy St. James
When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to ...
The Doctor
2011
An unaired pilot for a television series following a mother who reconnects with her two adult children after joining the family medical practice in th...
Mao’s Last Dancer
2009
as Charles Foster
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during ...
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
2008
as Bill Kerr (uncredited)
Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants." Now three years later, these lifelong ...
Justice League: The New Frontier
2008
as Superman (voice)
The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter a...
Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks
2007
A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on the fascinating creation and journey of the wildly po...
A Slice of Lynch
2007
as Self
David Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks" while seated at a diner counter.
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Self
Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed programmes ever made, The 50 Greatest Television Dramas ...
Mysterious Island
2005
as Cyrus
Five prisoners of war escape captivity in a Confederate prison camp only to land in an uncharted Pacific island where time stands still and dastardly ...
Touch of Pink
2004
as Ghost of Cary Grant
Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru, back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality...
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004
as Edward Wilde
When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.
Northfork
2003
as Mr. Hope
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town,...
Impressions of Dune
2003
as Self
Documentary about the making of Dune.
Mysteries of Love
2002
as Self
Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, and producer Fred Caruso are interviewed for this 68-minute documentary about the mak...
Miranda
2002
as Nailor
A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When she suddenly disappears he travels down to London to s...
An Introduction to David Lynch
2001
as Self
"An Introduction to David Lynch" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It features interviews wi...
Postcards From The Cast
2001
as Self
"Postcards From The Cast" is a featurette originally released in the 2001 DVD release, Twin Peaks: The First Season. It was later re-released in the B...
Me Without You
2001
as Daniel
During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood pact to be friends forever. For Marina, troubled, fie...
Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks
2001
as Self
"Reflections on the Phenomenon of Twin Peaks" is a featurette originally released on the 2001 DVD release of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It feature...
Perfume
2001
as Business Manager
A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other characters during a wild modeling show in New York Ci...
Xchange
2001
as Fisk / Toffler 2
In the near future, a company called Xchange owns a mind transference technology that enables instantaneous travel by swapping bodies with someone at ...
Hamlet
2000
as Claudius
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Timecode
2000
as Bunny Drysdale
A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, i...
The Spring
2000
as Dennis Conway
A man and his son stumble onto a modern-day fountain of youth while camping in the woods.
Route 9
1998
as Booth Parker
During a routine surveilance on desolate Route 9, two small town deputies come across over one million dollars in cash, a van full of drugs, several d...
The Windsor Protocol
1998
as Sean Dillon
Based on the novels by Jack Higgins, Sean Dillon is a maverick British agent who uncovers a plot to take over the presidency of the United States. The...
The Invisible Man
1998
Kyle Maclachlen turns invisible.
Thunder Point
1998
as Sean Dillon
Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing plans that could destroy all of Europe. Dillon's assign...
One Night Stand
1997
as Vernon
In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life with his wife, Mimi, and two children. When Carlyle tr...
Mad Dog Time
1996
as Jake Parker
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
The Trigger Effect
1996
as Matthew
A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is questionable, in order to survive in a predatory environmen...
Moonshine Highway
1996
as Jed Muldoon
The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go awry when the local sheriff is determined to kill the dr...
Showgirls
1995
as Zack Carey
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer w...
The Conversation
1995
as Harry Caul
A pilot for a television adaptation of The Conversation (1974), intended to be broadcast on NBC, which was not picked up or aired.
Roswell
1994
as Jesse Marcel
Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth ...
Vault of Horror I
1994
as Earl Raymond Digs
A compilation of three episodes from the Tales from the Crypt series ("Carrion Death", "None but the lonely heart" and "Abra Cadaver") with some famou...
The Flintstones
1994
as Cliff Vandercave
Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney...
Against the Wall
1994
as Michael Smith
In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over the prison to demand better living conditions.
The Trial
1993
as Josef K
Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been arrested. Joseph is not told what he is charged with, and d...
Rich in Love
1992
as Billy McQueen
Warren Odom, a rich Southern gentleman, is left in a state of shock when his wife, Helen, leaves him unexpectedly. With Helen gone, Warren's kindheart...
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
1992
as Special Agent Dale Cooper
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The...
Where the Day Takes You
1992
as Ted
King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts a...
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self
Hollywood's controversial creative genius, whose career spans multiple generations of moviegoers, is profiled in "Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hoppe...
The Doors
1991
as Ray Manzarek
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
1990
as Self
This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection and raising money for AIDS research and relief. Some of...
Don't Tell Her It's Me
1990
as Trout Potts
Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely. Therefore, his caring sister tr...
Twin Peaks
1989
as Special Agent Dale Cooper
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the...
Dream Breakers
1989
as Bobby O'Connor
A movie about a Chicago family -- a building contractor and his two sons who have opposing ideologies. One brother works for a power-hungry builder wi...
No Frank in Lumberton
1988
as Self
A very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of Blue Velvet in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1985 by Peter Braatz.
The Hidden
1987
as Lloyd Gallagher
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young F...
Blue Velvet
1986
as Jeffrey Beaumont
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a ...
Dune
1984
as Paul Atreides
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spi...
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
A short documentary that was originally produced to promote the film at conventions and publicity events in the lead-up to its release.
The Changeling
1980
as (Uncredited)
After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house tha...
Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
N/A
as Self
A look at the production and enduring popularity of a modern trash classic from those bad boys behind 1992's Basic Instinct, the infamous screenwriter...
Altar
N/A
Described as a horror film that follows the summer of a young boy, forced to grow up faster than he ever imagined.