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KYLE MACLACHLAN
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Kyle MacLachlan is an actor who has brought indelible charm and a quirky sophistication to some of film and television's most memorable roles. He recently wrapped production on "Manure," a comedy set in 1960s Kansas, co-starring Billy Bob Thornton and Tea Leoni. He also recently wrapped production on "Mao's Last Dancer," an adaptation of Li Cunxin's bestselling autobiography based on his life as a Chinese peasant's son who was picked by Mao's cultural delegates to dance for the national ballet. The film is directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Jan Sardi.
MacLachlan most recently starred in "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," alongside Blake Lively and America Ferrera. In 2006 he starred in "In Justice" for ABC. He also starred in Hallmark's Jules Verne classic, "Mysterious Island," with Patrick Stewart and Gabrielle Anwar, and for two seasons was seen on HBO's "Sex and the City" as Charlotte's husband, Dr. Trey MacDougal. But he is perhaps best known for his performance as FBI Agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch's groundbreaking "Twin Peaks," for which he received two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award.
In 2004 MacLachlan played 'the spirit of Cary Grant' in Sony Pictures Classics' "Touch of Pink," about which the New York Times wrote: "The real touch of class in 'Touch of Pink' ... is Kyle MacLachlan's dead-on impersonation of Cary Grant ... Mr. MacLachlan finds an easy balance between affectionate imitation and amusing parody." Also in 2004, MacLachlan returned to television in the limited TNT adventure series, "The Librarian: Quest for the Spear," as charming bad guy Edward Wilde, alongside Noah Wyle and Bob Newhart.
In the fall of 2003, he made his Broadway debut as Aston in Harold Pinter's "The Caretaker," starring with Patrick Stewart and Aidan Gillen. Directed by David Jones for the Roundabout Theatre Company, the play was nominated for Best Revival of a Play by the Outer Critics Circle. MacLachlan made his London stage debut in the Fall of 2002 in "On an Average Day" on the West End, starring with Woody Harrelson. Directed by John Crowley, the play returned MacLachlan to his theater roots after a 14-year absence.
Maclachlan made his feature film debut in the futuristic drama "Dune," directed by David Lynch. This was followed by his second collaboration with Lynch in the uniquely disturbing "Blue Velvet." He starred alongside Ethan Hawke in Miramax's "Hamlet" (2000), directed by Michael Almeryeda. MacLachlan portrayed Claudius, Hamlet's stepfather, in this modernized version that also cast Bill Murray, Julia Stiles and Sam Shepard. MacLachlan was also featured in Mike Figgis' experimental "Timecode," which was the first film of its kind- -- shot with four digital cameras simultaneously in one continuous 93-minute take -- and he worked with Figgis again in "One Night Stand," with Wesley Snipes and Robert Downey, Jr. He portrayed legendary keyboardist Ray Manzarek in "The Doors," directed by Oliver Stone and starring Val Kilmer and Meg Ryan, and starred as Josef K in Kafka's "The Trial," adapted by Harold Pinter and featuring Anthony Hopkins.
Other work includes "The Trigger Effect," co-starring Elizabeth Shue and Dermot Mulroney, "The Flintstones," produced by Steven Spielberg, Paul Verhoeven's controversial cult classic, "Showgirls," and Bruce Beresford's "Rich In Love," with Albert Finney and Jill Clayburg and produced by Richard and Lili Zanuck.
MacLachlan starred opposite Samuel L. Jackson in HBO's award-winning film, "Against the Wall," the story of the 1971 Attica prison riots, which was directed by the late John Frankenheimer, and in the Showtime original film "Roswell," based on the infamous story of an alleged UFO sighting in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico.
He made his directorial debut in 1993 with an episode of the darkly comic HBO hit series, "Tales from the Crypt."
MacLachlan currently divides his time between Los Angeles and New York.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
HOMETOWN Yakima, WA
BIRTHDATE February 22
