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Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959) is an American actor. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1982 and, shortly afterward, moved to Hollywood, California to pursue his career. MacLachlan was best known for his roles in cult films Blue Velvet as Jeffrey Beaumont, in Showgirls as Zack Carey, Paul Atreides in Dune, and as Ray Manzarek, legendary keyboardist in the Oliver Stone film The Doors. His television series roles include Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives, Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City, and Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks.

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.zac rowell"^[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.^[2] Noteworthy to critics was his uncanny ability to capture the nuances of Grant's mannerisms; 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^[3] and it collected seven Golden Raspberry Awards (from a record thirteen nominations). MacLachlan himself was deeply embarrassed with his involvement. Allegedly he 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.^[4]

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 the Shakespearean history Henry V.

In recent years, MacLachlan continues to play dark and/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 murdered his son. MacLachlan also lent his voice to nefarious media mogul Donald Love in the video game Grand Theft Auto III^[5]. 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, with MacLachlan becoming a full-time cast member with the start of season three.

On July 7, 2007, MacLachlan was one of the presenters at the London leg of Live Earth.^[6] 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. The dialogue was written by Simon Pegg and other actors included Pegg himself and Woody Harrelson, amongst others.

MacLachlan was planning to quit Desperate Housewives, now that he was a father, because he was finding the commute from his home in New York City to the Desperate Housewives set in Los Angeles very difficult.^[7] However, he later told E! News that he will be remaining: "You heard it here first! I make it through and will be returning to the show". ^[8]

Personal life

MacLachlan was born in Yakima, Washington and 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.

MacLachlan lives in Manhattan with his wife, Desiree Gruber, 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^[9] as well as a TV series popular on YouTube.^[10]^[11]

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 Fred Savage, comes from a stage direction ("Exit, pursued by a bear") in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale.^[12]

Selected filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director	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	Clifford 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
1998	Route 9 (1998 film)	Booth Parker	David Mackay (director)
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	Voice in 2008 English language release
2006->	Desperate Housewives (TV series)	Orson Hodge	Marc Cherry	regular (Season 2-)
2007	Live Earth in London (TV)	Himself		Appeared as a presenter
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	Superman		(voice)
2009	Mao's Last Dancer	Charles C. Foster	Bruce Beresford

References

↑ Template:FrContrechamp.com, Voyages en cinéphilie. L'homme sériel, November 10, 2006.
↑ About.com, Kyle MacLachlan Reflects on "Touch of Pink" by Rebecca Murray. Retrieved January 29, 2008.
↑ Metacritic, http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/showgirls accessed May 22, 2008
↑ The Desert Sun. Bob Hope Chrysler Classic celebrity Q&A: Actor Kyle MacLachlan by Leighton Ginn, January 17, 2008.
↑ http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0019099/
↑ Blog: No Rock And Roll Fun, "Kyle MacLachlan introduces Corinne Bailey Rae", Thursday, July 5, 2007.
↑ MacLachlan to Quit "Desperate Housewives"?, ContactMusic.com, June 11, 2009
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↑ http://www.mookieandsam.com/
↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU_u2EO0L8
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↑ http://www.pursuedbybearwine.com

External links

official website
Kyle MacLachlan at the Internet Movie Database
Biography from Playbill

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[1] Template:FrContrechamp.com, Voyages en cinéphilie. L'homme sériel, November 10, 2006.

[about-2] About.com, Kyle MacLachlan Reflects on "Touch of Pink" by Rebecca Murray. Retrieved January 29, 2008.

[3] Metacritic, http://www.metacritic.com/video/titles/showgirls accessed May 22, 2008

[desert-4] The Desert Sun. Bob Hope Chrysler Classic celebrity Q&A: Actor Kyle MacLachlan by Leighton Ginn, January 17, 2008.

[5] ttp://www.imdb.com/character/ch0019099/

[6] Blog: No Rock And Roll Fun, "Kyle MacLachlan introduces Corinne Bailey Rae", Thursday, July 5, 2007.

[maclachlan-7] MacLachlan to Quit "Desperate Housewives"?, ContactMusic.com, June 11, 2009

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[9] ttp://www.mookieandsam.com/

[10] ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcU_u2EO0L8

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[12] ttp://www.pursuedbybearwine.com

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 His television series roles include [[Orson Hodge]] in ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', Trey MacDougal in ''[[Sex and the City]]'', and [[Special Agent Dale Cooper]] in ''[[Twin Peaks]]''.
 ==Career==
-MacLachlan has worked extensively with [[David Lynch]]. He first appeared as [[Paul Atreides]] in the film ''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' (1984), Lynch's adaptation of [[Frank Herbert|Frank Herbert's]] [[Dune (novel)|novel]], and as [[Jeffrey Beaumont]] in ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'' (1986). Later he played [[Dale Cooper|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."<ref>{{fr}}[http://contrechamp.kaywa.com/20061011 Contrechamp.com, Voyages en cinéphilie. ''L'homme sériel'', November 10, 2006.]</ref>
+MacLachlan has worked extensively with [[David Lynch]]. He first appeared as [[Paul Atreides]] in the film ''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' (1984), Lynch's adaptation of [[Frank Herbert|Frank Herbert's]] [[Dune (novel)|novel]], and as [[Jeffrey Beaumont]] in ''[[Blue Velvet (film)|Blue Velvet]]'' (1986). Later he played [[Dale Cooper|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.zac rowell"<ref>{{fr}}[http://contrechamp.kaywa.com/20061011 Contrechamp.com, Voyages en cinéphilie. ''L'homme sériel'', November 10, 2006.]</ref>
 In the 1993 film version of [[Wikipedia:Franz Kafka|Franz Kafka's]] ''[[Wikipedia:The Trial (1993 film)|The Trial]]'', MacLachlan played the lead role of the persecuted Josef K. He also had a recurring role in the American television series ''[http://sexandthecity.wikia.com/wiki/ Sex and the City]'', portraying [[Wikipedia:Charlotte Goldenblatt#Relationships|Dr. Trey MacDougal]], the one-time husband of [http://sexandthecity.wikia.com/wiki/Charlotte%20York Charlotte York] ([[Kristin Davis]]). He portrayed the spirit of [[Cary Grant]] in ''[[Touch of Pink]]''.<ref name=about>[http://movies.about.com/od/touchofpink/a/touchkm071104.htm About.com, ''Kyle MacLachlan Reflects on "Touch of Pink"'' by Rebecca Murray.] Retrieved January 29, 2008.</ref> Noteworthy to critics was his uncanny ability to capture the nuances of Grant's mannerisms; his resemblance to Grant had been previously noted in an episode of ''[[Twin Peaks]].''