Kyle Maclachlan – Wikipedia

Kyle Merrrt mclachlan ,, that Kyle MacLachlan ( name pronounced in English: [disregarded] ) , is an American actor, born on February 22, 1959 in Yakima (Washington State).

He is known for his collaboration with the director David Lynch, who includes his role as Paul Atreids in Dune (1984), that of Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986) and especially that of the special agent Dale Cooper in the television series Twin Peaks , also created by Mark Frost and broadcast between 1990 and 1991. He took up the role that earned him the Golden Globe for best actor in a dramatic television series in 1991 in the film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me The following year, then in 2017 in the third season in which he also played two additional roles.

In the cinema, it appears, in addition to the movies of Lynch, in The Doors (1991) de Oliver Stone, The Pierrafeu family (1994) or in Showgirls (1995) De Paul Verhoeven.

Familiar face of American television from the 2000s, he embodied a variety of characters: Trey MacDougal in the series Sex and the City (2000-2002), Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives (2006-2012), Captain George Van Smoot in How I Met Your Mother (2010-2014), the mayor of Portland in Portlandia (2011-2018) or Calvin Zabo in Marvel: SHIELD agents (2014-2015).

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Kyle Maclachlan made her cinema debut in 1980 in the film The devil’s child ( The Changeling ) ^{[ first ]} . It is paid $ 10 as a representative ^{[ first ]} .

He played his first real role in 1984 in the film Dune by David Lynch ^{[ 2 ]} . This first is not the least, since the actor plays the main character of the film, Paul Atreids ^{[ 3 ]} . This adaptation of the eponymous novel by Frank Herbert is generally receiving negative criticisms and cannot reimburse his budget ^{[ 3 ]} . The production of the film was complicated for David Lynch who did not have total creative control over the project and could not offer his final version of the film ^{[ 3 ]} .

The film brings him a little notoriety and he applies in particular for several projects, including the cult Top Gun Tony Scott a 1986 ^{[ 4 ]} . The same year, he met Oliver Stone in order to play in Platoon ^{[ 5 ]} . He no longer remembers why the collaboration did not materialize, but thinks that there was a timetable problem with the film Blue Velvet ^{[ 5 ]} . Thus, Maclachlan finds David Lycnh in 1986 for the film neo-black Blue Velvet , which he considers as a « renaissance » After Dune ^{[ 3 ]} . He embodies there, just like in Dune , the main role of the film, here that of the young Jeffrey Beaumont, who falls on an ear in a field, which will lead him to investigate and meet a singer of Cabaret, interpreted by Isabella Rossellini ^{[ 6 ]} .

In 1990, he played agent Dale Cooper in the series Twin Peaks , created by Mark Frost and by Lynch. Maclachlan also considers this role to be the most important of his career. He played Cooper for two seasons until 1991, when the second season ends and won the Golden Globe for best actor for the role and is also appointed for two Emmy Awards. Commenting on the roles of Maclachlan in his films, Lynch explains to the magazine GQ : “Kyle plays innocent people who are interested in the mysteries of life. He represents the person who is sincere enough to evolve in a strange world by evolving in parallel ” . However, dissatisfied with the turn taken by the second part of the season, marked by the absence of Lynch on the sets, he initially refuses to resume his role in the prequel film of Lynch, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me . Finally, he agreed to return, but only for a few days of filming and his appearance in the film is then considerably reduced. This is the last collaboration between the two men until the third season of the series, released in 2017.

Kyle Maclachlan then appeared in several films, especially The Doors d’Oliver Stone (1991) alongside Val Kilmer, and also in The Pierrafeu family (1994). He especially plays the role of Zack Carey in Showgirls From Paul Verhoeven in 1995. Having not liked the final version, he made no promotion of the feature film, but will then take a more favorable look towards the film.

While continuing to appear in the cinema, Kyle Maclachlan works a lot on television. He participated in the early 2000s to two successful series, Sex and the City (2000-2001) in the role of Trey MacDougal and in Desperate Housewives (2005-2012), appearing from season 2 to season 8 in the role of Orson Hodge. From 2010 to 2014, he played the role of the captain in sitcom How I Met Your Mother , appearing in several episodes of the seasons six and eight, as well as in an episode of the ninth and last season ^{[ 7 ] , [ 8 ] , [ 9 ]} . It appears in Marvel: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014-2015) as Calvin Zabo, one of the antagonists in the series.

In 2017, he made a remarkable return by resuming his emblematic role of Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks: The Return , the third season of the series. This season of 18 episodes thus marks the return of the collaboration between Maclachlan and David Lynch, 25 years after Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me . In addition to agent Cooper, he embodies two additional roles, and receives good feedback from criticism. He was appointed in 2018 for a new Golden Globe for best actor.

In 2022, he took up the role of Captain George Van Smoot in the derivative series How I Met Your Father ^{[ ten ]} . In June 2022 , it is announced to the distribution of the series Fallout , television adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name ^{[ 11 ]} .

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Kyle Maclachlan notably had a relationship with Laura Dern, her partner in the film Blue Velvet and Lara Flynn Boyle, her partner in Twin Peaks .

In 1999, he met producer Desiree Gruber, with whom he married in April 2002 . They have a child, Callum, born in 2008. Kyle Maclachlan is passionate about wines, golf and travel ^{[Ref. necessary]} .

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In French version, Kyle Maclachlan is initially doubled by Guy Chapellier ^{[ 13 ]} in the movie Dune as well as by Éric Legrand ^{[ 13 ]} In Blue Velvet And Dream breakers . From 1990 and the series Twin Peaks , he is mainly doubled by Patrick Poiey until the latter’s death in 2020. He doubles it in particular in Sex and the City Miranda , The adventures of Flynn Carson: the mystery of the Sacred Lance , Desperate Housewives , The Good Wife or Marvel: SHIELD agents .

In parallel, Guy Chapellier finds him in Last resort , Bernard Lanneau doubles it three times in For one night… ^{[ 13 ]} , The prophecy of the clock And Capone , Philippe Roullier ^{[ 13 ]} twice twice in Mao’s last dancer And How I Met Your Mother While exceptionally, it is doubled by the following actors: Edgar Givry in The stories of the crypt , Hervé Jolly in A hell look ^{[ 13 ]} , Jean-François Vlérick in The Doors ^{[ 13 ]} , Stéphane Bazin in Roswell, the mystery ^{[ 13 ]} , Renaud Marx in The rebels of Atta ^{[ 13 ]} , Pierre-François Pistori dans The Pierrafeu family ^{[ 13 ]} , Bernard Gabay in Showgirls ^{[ 14 ]} , Georges Caudron ^{[ 13 ]} In Chain reactions , Joël Zaffarano in Mad Dogs ^{[ 15 ]} , Lionel killed in The scent of success ^{[ 14 ]} , Christian Gonon in High Flying Bird and Patrick Donnay in Atlantic Crossing .