Background

Ethnicity: Kyle has Scottish, English, Cornish, and German ancestry.

Kyle MacLachlan was born and raised in Yakima, Washington, to Catherine Louise (Stone), a public relations director, and Kent Alan McLachlan, a lawyer, and a stockbroker.

Education

Kyle studied at Eisenhower High School in Yakima. While in high school, he performed in plays and musicals, taking part in his first play at age 15.

Then he graduated from the University of Washington in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

Career

Kyle made his feature film debut when he starred in the big-budget David Lynch adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune (1984), but only enjoyed real success after appearing in a second Lynch project, the moody and perverse classic, Blue Velvet (1986).

He starred in the 1987 Science Fiction Action film The Hidden playing FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher. This turned out to be a sign of things to come, as MacLachlan soon took on another oddball G-man, "Special Agent Dale Cooper", on Lynch's cryptic ABC-TV series, Twin Peaks (1990), perhaps, along with Blue Velvet (1986), his most famous role. MacLachlan's brilliant work as Agent Cooper earned him a Golden Globe award and a pair of Emmy nominations, as well as steady work in television and films, including a part as Ray Manzarek in the Oliver Stone film The Doors (1991), about the band of the same name. In the 1993 film version of Franz Kafka's The Trial, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter, MacLachlan played the lead role of the persecuted Josef K.

In 1994 he appeared as villain "Cliff Vandercave" in the live-action version of The Flintstones. His career took a hit after he appeared in the infamous flop, Showgirls (1995). The movie was not a successful one and collected a record seven Golden Raspberry Awards.

However, MacLachlan returned to prominence in the early 2000s with a re-occurring role on HBO's Sex and the City, (1998), as well as a starring role in the TV movie, The Spring (2000), and a turn as "Claudius" in director Michael Almereyda's version of Hamlet (2000). MacLachlan later took advantage of his resemblance to Cary Grant, when he played the classic actor's spirit in Touch of Pink (2004).

In 2006, after appearing in the short-lived In Justice, MacLachlan starred in Desperate Housewives as the mysterious dentist Orson Hodge. He first appeared during the show's second season and became a full-time cast member at the start of season three. In 2007, MacLachlan was one of the presenters at the London leg of Live Earth benefit concerts. He appeared in the 2008 film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2. In the English version of the cult 2006 Norwegian animated film Free Jimmy released in 2008, he voiced the character of "Marius", a militant animal rights activist.

In 2007, he was one of the presenters at the London leg of Live Earth. In 2015, MacLachlan voiced the main character’s father in the Pixar animated feature Inside Out. In January 2015, it was announced that MacLachlan would appear one more time in the role of Special Agent Dale Cooper in the new season of television series Twin Peaks.

In addition to his acting career, Kyle MacLachlan owns a vineyard and winery with business partner Eric Dunham. His winery is named ‘Pursued by Bear’ which is in reference to stage directions in Shakespeare’s The Winter Take, “Exit, pursued by bear” and was suggested to him one evening by Fred Savage. It is regarded as one of Washington's highest rated wine labels.

Achievements

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  Kyle MacLachlan is widely known for his prominent roles in David Lynch's Dune, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks series. Other successful performances include Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden (1987), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), Zack Carey in Showgirls (1995).
  
  MacLachlan's acting work was highly praised by critics and fans. He has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1990) and was nominated in the same category in 2017, for playing the role of Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks. He has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards for Twin Peaks.

Works

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  • Dune

    (Set in a distant future the year 10191 where life in the ...)

    1984
  • Windsor Protocol

    (Jack Higgins' master spy, Sean Dillon, is back in another...)

    1997
  • The Doors

    (Jim Morrison, one of the most sensual figures in the hist...)

    1991
  • Sweet Smell Of Success

    (A columnist (Burt Lancaster) and a press agent (Tony Curt...)

    2009
  • The Flintstones

    (Make way for the modern Stone Age family in this live-act...)

    1994
  • Xchange

    (A man learns the danger of a new technology that allows p...)

    2000
  • The House with a Clock in Its Walls

    (Jack Black and Cate Blanchett star in a fantastical tale ...)

    2018
  • Breathe In

    (When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstat...)

    2013
  • Perfume

    (A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, ...)

    2001
  • Mao's Last Dancer

    (Based on an inspiring true story, this emotionally powerf...)

    2009
  • Watch Justice League: The New Frontier

    (The thrilling origins of the Justice League! With Cold Wa...)

    2008
  • The Trigger Effect

    (A gripping story of a mysterious power failure that leads...)

    1996
  • Against the Wall

    (The daily brutality of jail life explodes into a violent ...)

    1994
  • Where The Day Takes You

    (This gripping drama examines the lives of homeless runawa...)

    1992
  • Roswell

    (Based on real-life events, the mystery of the Roswell UFO...)

    1994
  • The Hidden

    (Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Nouri star as a pair of Los A...)

    1987
  • Northfork

    (Set in 1955, the residents of a small Montana community a...)

    2003
  • One Night Stand

    (Mike Figgis directs this erotically charged love story th...)

    1997
  • Watch The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

    (When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a mee...)

    2004
  • The Trial

    (A suicidal small town attorney finds his life transformed...)

    1993
  • Inside Out

    (When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions ...)

    2015
  • Giant Little Ones

    (Franky Winter (Josh Wiggins) and Ballas Kohl (Darren Mann...)

    2019
  • Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

    (In the town of Twin Peaks, everyone has their secrets-but...)

    1992
  • Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

    (Having been apart all year, summer plans will take the gi...)

    2008
  • Blue Velvet

    (A sensual mystery thriller about strange happenings in a ...)

    1986
  • Believe

    (Follow Tanner Hall and crew around the world in his lates...)

    2014
  • Touch of Pink

    ("Touch of Pink" is a comic clash of cultures, values, and...)

    2004
  • Don't Tell Her It's Me VHS 1990
  • Rich in Love 1993
  • Showgirls 1995
  • Hamlet 2000
  • Free Jimmy 2008
  • Moonshine Highway VHS 1996
  • Thunder Point 1998
  • Route 9 1998
  • The Spring 2000

• TV series

  • Twin Peaks

    (All 30 episodes of David Lynch's landmark murder mystery ...)

    1991
  • Sex and the City 2002
  • Desperate Housewives 2012
  • Agent Of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2015

Politics

Nothing at all can be found about Kyle's political ideas. He prefers not to speak on that.

Views

"I believe in fate. Sometimes that means an old bearded guy sitting on a cloud and pulling the strings; sometimes it means random atoms swirling through a cheerless universe; sometimes it means everything being preordained thanks to your karma credit from your previous lives."

"I like eating, cooking and shopping. It all goes together."

"I am a big one for subtlety and empathy. My dad was softly spoken and didn't carry his honours and accomplishments for everyone to see."

Personality

Physical Characteristics: Kyle has a deep smooth voice that he is well known for and has played a lot of villainous characters over the period of time.

Height - 183 cm

Weight - 73 kilo

Feet size - 11

Biceps - 34

Waist size - 84

Buste size - 86

Butt size - 81

Quotes from others about the person

• “Kyle is a great actor. He can play somebody quite pure and quite spiritual, and he can go to the opposite extreme.” - David Lynch

Interests

• Music & Bands

  Elliott Smith, Bowie, Lots of Grunge, Jethro Tull

Connections

Kyle was in a relationship with Blue Velvet co-star Laura Dern for three and a half years from 1985 to 1989. Then he was in a relationship with Twin Peaks co-star Lara Flynn Boyle for two and a half years. In 1992, after his relationship with Boyle ended, he began a relationship with supermodel Linda Evangelista after they met at a photoshoot they did together for Barneys New York. According to MacLachlan, they had been engaged for a few years when their six-year relationship ended in 1998.

A year later, he met and began a relationship with publicist Desiree Gruber in 1999. Gruber runs her own public relations agency and would become an executive producer of Project Runway in 2004. He moved to New York City because he was filming Sex and the City and Gruber was based there. They were married on April 20, 2002. Their son, Callum Lyon MacLachlan, was born in Los Angeles on July 26, 2008. The family has residences in Los Angeles and New York.

Father:

Kent Alan MacLachlan

Mother:

Catherine Stone

Son:

Callum Lyon MacLachlan

Brother:

Craig MacLachlan

Craig MacLachlan also appeared in Twin Peaks as murder victim, Erik Powell.

ex-girlfriend:

Laura Dern

Laura Dern and Kyle Maclachlan dated for a few years after they met on the set of 'Blue Velvet.' They split in 1989.

ex-girlfriend:

Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle and Kyle were in a relationship for two and a half years.

ex-girlfriend:

Heather Graham

Heather and Kyle dated in the early 1990's, while starring in the TV series 'Twin Peaks' together.

ex-girlfriend:

Linda Evangelista

Kyle MacLachlan started dating supermodel Linda Evangelista in 1993, when they met on a fashion shoot. They were said to be engaged five years later, but they finally called it quits in 1999

Wife:

Desiree Gruber

colleague:

David Lynch

David Keith Lynch is an American filmmaker, painter, musician, actor, and photographer. Although MacLachlan made an infamous movie debut in director David Lynch's commercial and critical flop Dune, the two went on to have a fruitful collaboration. With everyman good looks and a pleasant, offbeat demeanor, MacLachlan became Lynch's muse, starring in the auteur's classic 1986 thriller Blue Velvet and in his groundbreaking TV show, Twin Peaks.

References

• Watch Entertainment Weekly Cast Reunions: Twin Peaks
• Tapas Magazine Issue 11