Kyle MacLachlan IMDb Bio Wiki Age Height Wife Dune Twin Peaks and Net Worth

Kyle MacLachlan ( Full Name: Kyle Merritt MacLachlan) is a prominent American actor. He is best known for his role as Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986), Paul Atreides in Dune (1984), and Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). Furthermore, Kyle’s other film roles include the voice of Riley’s father in Inside Out (2015), Zack Carey in Showgirls (1995), Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), and Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden (1987).

Additionally, he has had famous roles in television shows including appearing as Calvin Johnson in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2015), the Mayor of Portland in Portlandia (2011–2018), The Captain in How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014) and How I Met Your Father (2022), Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives (2006–2012), and Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City (2000–2002). Kyle won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama back in 1990. In 2017, he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for playing the role of Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks. In addition, Kyle has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards for Twin Peaks.

He was born on February 22, 1959, in Yakima, Washington,United States.Kyle is 63 years old.

He is a man of above-average stature. Kyle stands at a height of6 ft 0 in (Approx 1.83m).

He was born toKent Alan McLachlan(1933-2011) andCatherine(née Stone; 1934-1986) at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington, United States. Kent was a stockbroker and lawyer. On the other hand, Catherine was a public relations director for a school district. Furthermore, she was a homemaker who was active in community arts programs. Besides, he is the eldest of three boys.Kent Jr.andCraig, his two younger brothers live in the Seattle area.

Moreover, Kyle’s mother left his father when he was seventeen. He has Scottish, Cornish, and German ancestry. On October 12, 1977, Kyle’s parents divorced in his senior year of high school. Catherine introduced him to stage acting when she became director of a youth theater program for teenagers that she assisted to set up in Yakima. From the age of 9 to 14, she also sent him to piano lessons when he also started to study classical singing.

He was in a relationship withLaura Dern, the Blue Velvet co-star, for three-and-a-half years from 1985 to 1989. Later, Kyle was in a relationship withLara Flynn Boyle, Twin Peaks co-star. They dated for two-and-a-half years. He started a relationship with supermodelLinda Evangelista in 1992 after his relationship with Lara ended. Kyle and Linda met at a photo shoot they did together for Barneys New York. The two had been engaged for a few years when their six-year relationship ended in 1998.

Currently, he is a married man. Kyle is blissfully hitched to his loving and caring wife namedDesiree Gruber. She is a publicist and runs her own public relations agency. In the year 2004, Desiree became an executive producer of Project Runway. They started dating in 1999. He relocated to New York City because he was filming Sex and the City and Desiree was based there. As a couple, they exchanged their wedding vows on April 20, 2002. Together, they commemorate 20 years anniversary and have a son born on July 25, 2008. In addition, the family has residences in New York and Los Angeles.

He went to a local high school. While there, Kyle performed in plays and in-class musicals. At age 15, he acted in his first play. Furthermore, he played the lead role of Brindsley Miller in a production of Peter Shaffer’s one-act play Black Comedy for his senior year. Kyle also performed as Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady. He graduated cum laude in 1982 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Drama from the University of Washington (UW). Initially, Kyle planned to major in business. He also studied classical voice at the same university. However, Kyle changed his focus to acting.

The first film he worked on was The Changeling (1980). Part of the film was shot on the University of Washington campus. As an extra, Kyle was paid $10. He played the lead in three roles at the Old Lyric Repertory Theatre in Logan, Utah, after his sophomore year at college, in the summer of 1981.

Kyle starred as FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher in the 1987 science fiction action film The Hidden. He starred in 2018 as the main antagonist Isaac Izard in the fantasy-horror family film The House with a Clock in its Walls. Kyle played the role of Mayor of Portland, Oregon, from 2011 to 2018 in the IFC comedy Portlandia.

He made his film debut in Dune (1984). Kyle portrayed the starring role of Paul Atreides. The 1984 American epic science-fiction film was a box-office bomb. It grossed $30.9 million from a $40–42 million budget. Moreover, Dune was filmed at the Churubusco Studios in Mexico City. Besides, Kyle, the film features a large ensemble cast of supporting actors. They include Max von Sydow, Linda Hunt, Sting, José Ferrer, Virginia Madsen, Dean Stockwell, Brad Dourif, and Patrick Stewart. Kyle found it difficult to find work after Dune flopped and met with poor reviews from critics.

In the ABC television series Twin Peaks (1990–91), he further collaborated with director David Lynch. Kyle portrayed Special Agent Dale Cooper. On April 8, 1990, the American mystery serial drama television series premiered on ABC. Twin Peaks returned for a third season in 2017 on Showtime. Some of the stars featured in the series include Peggy Lipton, Warren Frost, Sherilyn Fenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Richard Beymer, Dana Ashbrook, Mädchen Amick, and Michael Ontkean. Furthermore, Kyle reprised that role for Lynch’s 1992 prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.

He appeared as the mysterious dentist Orson Hodge in the American comedy-drama soap opera television series, Desperate Housewives. From October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012, it aired for eight seasons on ABC for a total of 180 episodes. Some of the stars featured in the series include Jesse Metcalfe, Andrea Bowen, Mark Moses, Ricardo Antonio Chavira, Steven Culp, Nicollette Sheridan, Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, Felicity Huffman, and Teri Hatcher. Kyle decided to quit Desperate Housewives in 2010 after four years as he found the commute from his home in New York City to the set in Los Angeles increasingly hard since becoming a father in 2008.

From 2010 until 2014, he guest-starred as George “The Captain” Van Smoot in seasons 6, 8, and 9. Kyle would reprise the role in 2022 in the first season of the spinoff How I Met Your Father.

He starred in Paul Verhoeven’s Showgirls in 1995. Kyle portrayed Zack Carey. Furthermore, the 1995 erotic drama pulp noir film also stars Gina Ravera, Alan Rachins, Robert Davi, Glenn Plummer, Gina Gershon, and Elizabeth Berkley. Additionally, he recalls when he watched Showgirls for the first time prior to the premiere. Kyle thought it was terrible.

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Kyle is a committed wine lover. He is partners with vintner Eric Dunham in Pursued by Bear. It is a label of Dunham Cellars in Walla Walla, Washington that began back in the year 2005. Fred Savage, an American actor, and director suggested the name over dinner. Furthermore, Pursued by Bear is considered as one of Washington’s highest-rated wine labels. Additionally, it sells five wines namely, Bear Cub, Blushing Bear, Baby Bear, Pursued by Bear, and Twin Bear.

Having been working in the acting field for more than four decades now, he has managed to garner good affluence in his career thus far. Online resources estimate Kyle’s net worth to be$35,553,335.

He is a 63-year-old prominent American actor best known for his role as Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet (1986), Paul Atreides in Dune (1984), and Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017) and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). Furthermore, Kyle’s other film roles include the voice of Riley’s father in Inside Out (2015), Zack Carey in Showgirls (1995), Cliff Vandercave in The Flintstones (1994), Ray Manzarek in The Doors (1991), and Lloyd Gallagher in The Hidden (1987).

He is 63 years old. Kyle was born on February 22, 1959, in Yakima, Washington, United States. Thus, he relishes and commemorates his birthday on February 22 each and every year.