Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle Merritt MacLachlan, born February 22, 1959 is an American actor. MacLachlan is best known for his roles in cult films Blue Velvet as Jeffrey Beaumont, Showgirls as Zack Carey, as Paul Atreides in Dune, and Ray Manzarek in the Oliver Stone film The Doors. His television series roles include Orson Hodge on ABC's Desperate Housewives from 2006 to 2010, Trey MacDougal on HBO's Sex and the City, and Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks.



Early life


MacLachlan was born in Yakima, Washington. His mother was a public relations director and his father was a stockbroker and lawyer. He is of Scottish descent. He has two younger brothers named Craig and Kent, both of whom live in the Pacific Northwest. MacLachlan graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1977. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1982 and, shortly afterward, moved to Hollywood, California to pursue his career.




Career


MacLachlan has worked extensively with David Lynch. He first appeared as Paul Atreides in the film Dune (1984), Lynch's adaptation of Frank Herbert's novel, and as Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986). Later he played Special Agent Dale Cooper in Lynch's ABC television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991), 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."




MacLachlan at the 1991 Emmy Awards.
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. His resemblance to Grant had been previously noted in an episode of Twin Peaks.
In 1995, MacLachlan starred in Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls. The movie was heavily panned by critics and it collected seven Golden Raspberry Awards (from a record 13 nominations). MacLachlan himself was deeply embarrassed with his involvement; he allegedly walked out of the film's premiere, but he himself contradicted these claims and commented that he "suffered through the whole two hours" of the premiere.
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, as well as in Romeo and Juliet and Henry V.
In recent years, MacLachlan continues to play dark or morally ambiguous characters. This included a guest role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, in which he played a father who shot and killed a sociopathic child who had murdered his son. MacLachlan also lent his voice to the nefarious media mogul Donald Love in the video game Grand Theft Auto III.[6] After starring in the short-lived In Justice, MacLachlan has become a regular on Desperate Housewives. His character, the mysterious dentist Orson Hodge, first appeared during the show's second season, and MacLachlan became a full-time cast member at the start of season three.
On July 7, 2007, MacLachlan was one of the presenters at the London leg of Live Earth. MacLachlan appeared in the 2008 movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
In the 2008 English language DVD re-release of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film Free Jimmy, MacLachlan voiced the character of "Marius", a militant animal rights activist.
After four years of playing Orson Hodge, MacLachlan decided to quit Desperate Housewives. He decided to leave the show because after having children, he found the commute from his home in New York City to the Desperate Housewives set in Los Angeles very difficult.
MacLachlan guest starred in season 6 of How I Met Your Mother.






Personal life


In 1993, Kyle met model Linda Evangelista on a fashion shoot for Barney's and the two began dating. Evangelista separated from her husband, Gerard Marie. The two appeared in further fashion spreads in Vogue magazine. Around 1998 or 1999, the two were supposedly engaged. The couple split up however, when Evangelista met French soccer star Fabien Barthez and she became pregnant by him. She later miscarried when she was 6 months along.
MacLachlan later married in 2002. MacLachlan lives in Manhattan with his wife, Desiree Gruber, an executive producer of Project Runway, and their son, Callum Lyon MacLachlan, born July 26, 2008, in Los Angeles.
The couple has two small dogs (a Jack Russell terrier and a Yorkie/Chihuahua mix) and out of "probably too much affection" have created a website about their dogs as well as a TV series popular on YouTube.
A dedicated oenophile, Kyle is partners with vintner Eric Dunham in Pursued By Bear, a winery in Washington's Columbia Valley. The name, suggested over dinner by Steve Martin, comes from a stage direction ("Exit, pursued by a bear") in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.




Filmography


1984 Dune Paul Atreides David Lynch
1986 Blue Velvet Jeffrey Beaumont
1987 The Hidden Lloyd Gallagher Jack Sholder
1990 Don't Tell Her It's Me Trout Malcolm Mowbray
1991 The Doors Ray Manzarek Oliver Stone
1990–1991 Twin Peaks Special Agent Dale Cooper David Lynch, Mark Frost TV Series: 30 Episodes
1991 Tales from the Crypt Earl Raymond Digs Steven E. de Souza TV Series: Carrion Death
1992 Where the Day Takes You Ted Marc Rocco
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me Special Agent Dale Cooper David Lynch
1993 The Trial Josef K. David Jones
Rich in Love Billy McQueen Bruce Beresford
1994 The Flintstones Clifford Vandercave Brian Levant
Against The Wall Michael Smith John Frankenheimer TV
Roswell Maj. Jesse Marcel Jeremy Kagan TV
1995 Showgirls Zack Carey Paul Verhoeven
1996 Moonshine Highway Jed Muldoon Andy Armstrong TV
Windsor Protocol Sean Dillon George Mihalka TV
The Trigger Effect Matthew David Koepp
Mad Dog Time Jake Parker Larry Bishop
1997 One Night Stand Vernon Mike Figgis
1998 Thunder Point Sean Dillon George Mihalka TV
Route 9 Booth Parker David Mackay
2000 XChange Fisk/Toffler 2 Allan Moyle
The Spring Dennis Conway David Jackson TV
Hamlet Claudius Michael Almereyda
Timecode Bunny Drysdale Mike Figgis
2000–2002 Sex and the City Trey MacDougal Darren Star TV Series: 23 Episodes
2001 Me Without You Daniel Sandra Goldbacher
Grand Theft Auto III Donald Love Video Game
Voice Only
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' Edward Wilde Peter Winther TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dr. Brett Morton David Platt TV Series: Conscience
2005 Mysterious Island Cyrus Russell Mulcahy TV
2006 In Justice David Swain Michelle King, Robert King TV Series: 13 Episodes
Free Jimmy Marius Christopher Nielsen Voice in 2008 English language release
2006–2011 Desperate Housewives Orson Hodge Marc Cherry TV Series: 92 Episodes
2007 Live Earth in London Himself TV
Appeared as a presenter
2008 Justice League: The New Frontier Superman Voice Only
2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 Bill Kerr Sanaa Hamri Uncredited
2009 Mao's Last Dancer Charles C. Foster Bruce Beresford
2009 The Smell of Success Jimmy St James Larry Smith
2010 How I Met Your Mother The Captain Pamela Fryman TV Series: Natural History, The Mermaid Theory, Garbage Island
2011 Portlandia Mayor of Portland Guest appearance


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