Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle MacLachlan
Kyle Merritt MacLachlanis an American actor. MacLachlan is best known for his roles in cult films such as two of David Lynch's films: Paul Atreides in Duneand Jeffrey Beaumont in Blue Velvet. McLachlan's other film roles include Lloyd Gallagher in the science fiction action film The Hidden, Clifford Vandercave in The Flintstones, and the voice of Riley's dad in Inside Out. He has also had prominent roles in television shows including appearing as Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaksand...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth22 February 1959
CityYakima, WA
CountryUnited States of America
Hamlet is a little daunting.
I've had a chance to really stretch and do a lot of different genres. When I started acting, my whole focus and intention was to work as a stage actor in a company where you're asked to different roles - do a comedy, do a tragedy, etc. I haven't had any reservations about jumping from one type of genre to another.
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.
1974 meant big cuffs, bell-bottoms, platform shoes with two-tone colors, and body-conscious shirts.
Apparently, when Twin Peaks was on the air in Spain, something like 50 percent of televisions were tuned to it.
One of the things that I learned in television, and one of the beauties of television, is that, if you have a strong writing staff, they rely on you just as much as you rely on them. They look to me or the other actors to help inspire them to take the character in interesting directions.
Doing a film, or being sent scripts to look at a certain character, it's very odd for me. I tend to take it very personally.
To quote Agent Cooper, 'I have no idea where this will lead us, but I have a definite feeling it will be a place both wonderful and strange.'
My workout is my meditation.
I have olive trees and have tried my hand at curing small batches of olives, with varying degrees of success. So sometimes there are leftover olives I use in pasta sauce because they didn't quite make the grade.
I never felt that my life was not complete without a child. I don't know if that, as a younger man, I'd have had full appreciation for it.