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Name: Kyle MacLachlan
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Date of Birth:
February 22, 1959
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Place of Birth:
Yakima, Washington, USA
Mini-bio:
Born in 1959, Washington native Kyle MacLachlan, among other things, claims to be a descendent of the legendary composer Johann Sebastian Bach. However, unlike his very distant relative, MacLachlan ma... read morede his mark not in music, but in television and film. After performing in a variety of local theater productions throughout his youth -- and acting out scenes from the popular Hardy Boys fiction series in his even younger years -- MacLachlan made his feature-film debut in director David Lynch's adaptation Dune in 1984. This would mark the first of many collaborations with Lynch; in 1986, Lynch cast MacLachlan as a young man shocked at what lies under a small town's picture-perfect facade in Blue Velvet. A year later, MacLachlan starred as an alien FBI agent in The Hidden, Jack Sholder's 1987 cult hit. MacLachlan, however, wouldn't gain true mainstream notoriety until 1989, when David Lynch called upon the young actor to play another FBI agent; this time, he was Special Agent Dale Cooper, who was sent to a small Washington town to investigate the murder of a young girl in ABC's popular but ultimately short-lived prime-time drama, Twin Peaks. The role would earn him two Emmy nominations for Lead Actor in a Drama Series and pave the way for more silver-screen roles, some of which include Ray Manzarek in Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991), villain Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), and a falsely accused bank clerk in The Trial (1993). MacLachlan offered several relatively well-received starring and supporting performances throughout the mid- to late '90s, and did what he could for his role in Paul Verhoeven's famous 1995 flop, Showgirls.Luckily, the late '90s to early 2000s were much kinder to MacLachlan. In addition to playing another smooth agent in David Koepp's The Trigger Effect (1996), which some critics claimed was his best performance since Blue Velvet, the actor also was cast as King Claudius in Michael Almereyda's adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. However, it was television that once again made MacLachlan a household name, albeit temporarily. In 2000, he joined the cast of HBO's multiple-award-winning series Sex and the City as Charlotte's (Kristin Davis) mama's boy husband, Trey. In 2003, MacLachlan starred in the Bravo network's popular documentary series, The Reality of Reality. ~ Tracie Cooper, Rovi
Kyle MacLachlan mini-bio: The "boy next door, if that boy spent lots of time alone in the basement," is how
Rich Cohen described Kyle MacLachlan in a 1994 article for "Rolling Stone"
magazine. That distinctly askew wholesomeness made MacLachlan a natural to become
famous as the alter ego of twisted director David Lynch.
Born and a raised in Yakima, Washington, MacLachlan graduated from the University of
Washington in 1982. The darkly handsome actor made his feature 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).
The following year saw MacLachlan appearing as an otherworldly FBI agent in the cult
classic sci-fi film The Hidden (1987). 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 his most famous role.
MacLachlan's remarkable 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) and villain Cliff
Vandercave in the live action version of The Flintstones (1994).
His career took a hit after he appeared in the infamous flop Showgirls (1995).
However, MacLachlan returned to prominence in the early 2000s with a reoccurring
role on HBO's "Sex and the City" (1998), as well as a starring role in the TV movie
The Spring (2000) (TV) 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).
MacLachlan has remained a popular actor with independent filmmakers, and he has also
been a familiar face on television, appearing on the ABC-TV shows "In Justice"
(2006) and "Desperate Housewives" (2004).
