Portrait of Kyle MacLachlan

Acting

Kyle MacLachlan

Career

Active from 1984 to 2025, busiest in 1994 and 1998 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
40
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Kyle MacLachlan Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    4.7, average 5.4
  • Physical Comedy
    1.8, average 2.4

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 6
  • Social Commentary 5
  • Psychological Thriller 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Character Study 3
  • Political Intrigue 3
  • Psychological Tension 3
  • Emotional Complexity 3
  • Jules Verne Adaptation 2
  • Action-Packed 2
  • Eccentric Characters 2
  • Cult Classic 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

92
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Georgia Coffee: Twin Peaks
Georgia Coffee: Twin Peaks
GoodWatch score 75

as Special Agent Dale Cooper

You Deserve Each Other
You Deserve Each Other

as Eugene Rose

2020s

14 titles · average score 63
Echo Valley
Echo Valley (2025)
GoodWatch score 54

as Richard Garrett

The Lowdown
The Lowdown (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Donald Washberg

Fallout
Fallout (2024)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Overseer Hank MacLean

Inside Out 2
Inside Out 2 (2024)
GoodWatch score 79

as Dad (voice)

Blink Twice
Blink Twice (2024)
GoodWatch score 68

as Rich

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (2023)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show · as Draiven Bosh (voice)

Joe vs Carole
Joe vs Carole (2022)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show · as Howard Baskin

Confess, Fletch
Confess, Fletch (2022)
GoodWatch score 69

as Ronald Horan

How I Met Your Father
How I Met Your Father (2022)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show · as The Captain

Atlantic Crossing
Atlantic Crossing (2020)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Capone
Capone (2020)
GoodWatch score 43

as Doctor Karlock

Tesla
Tesla (2020)
GoodWatch score 55

as Thomas Edison

2010s

19 titles · average score 66
Carol's Second Act
Carol's Second Act (2019)
GoodWatch score 55

TV show · as Dr. Stephen Frost

The Staggering Girl
The Staggering Girl (2019)
GoodWatch score 32

as Matteo / Bruno / Angelo

Giant Little Ones
Giant Little Ones (2019)
GoodWatch score 77

as Ray Winter

The House with a Clock in Its Walls
The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
GoodWatch score 58

as Isaac Izard

Riley's First Date?
Riley's First Date? (2015)
GoodWatch score 73

as Dad (voice)

Inside Out
Inside Out (2015)
GoodWatch score 89

as Dad (voice)

Believe
Believe (2014)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Roman Skouras

Breathe In
Breathe In (2013)
GoodWatch score 57

as Peter Sebeck

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show · as Cal / The Doctor

Made in Jersey
Made in Jersey (2012)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show · as Donovan Stark

Gravity Falls
Gravity Falls (2012)
GoodWatch score 95

TV show · as Bus Driver (voice)

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
GoodWatch score 71

as Jeffrey Beaumont

2000s

22 titles · average score 58
Mao’s Last Dancer
Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
GoodWatch score 61

as Charles Foster

Justice League: The New Frontier
Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)
GoodWatch score 68

as Superman (voice)

In Justice
In Justice (2006)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show · as David Swain

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2005)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show · as Cyrus

Jules Verne's Mysterious Island
Jules Verne's Mysterious Island (2005)
GoodWatch score 43

as Cyrus

How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as George Van Smoot

American Dad!
American Dad! (2005)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show · as Del (voice)

Touch of Pink
Touch of Pink (2004)
GoodWatch score 50

as Ghost of Cary Grant

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)
GoodWatch score 60

as Edward Wilde

Miranda
Miranda (2002)
GoodWatch score 55

as Nailor

Hamlet
Hamlet (2000)
GoodWatch score 66

as Claudius

The Spring
The Spring (2000)
GoodWatch score 60

as Dennis Conway

1990s

26 titles · average score 60
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show · as Andrew Raines / Dr. Brett Morton

Route 9
Route 9 (1998)
GoodWatch score 60

as Booth Parker

One Night Stand
One Night Stand (1997)
GoodWatch score 57

as Vernon

The Trigger Effect
The Trigger Effect (1996)
GoodWatch score 62

as Matthew

Moonshine Highway
Moonshine Highway (1996)
GoodWatch score 64

as Jed Muldoon

Showgirls
Showgirls (1995)
GoodWatch score 39

as Zack Carey

Roswell
Roswell (1994)
GoodWatch score 59

as Jesse Marcel

The Flintstones
The Flintstones (1994)
GoodWatch score 38

as Cliff Vandercave

Against the Wall
Against the Wall (1994)
GoodWatch score 64

as Michael Smith

The Trial
The Trial (1993)
GoodWatch score 43

as Josef K

The Doors
The Doors (1991)
GoodWatch score 66

as Ray Manzarek

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks (1990)
GoodWatch score 84

TV show · as Dale Cooper / Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper

1980s

9 titles · average score 73
Tales from the Crypt
Tales from the Crypt (1989)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Earl Raymond Digs (segment "Carrion Death")

Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks (1989)
GoodWatch score 89

as Special Agent Dale Cooper

Dream Breakers
Dream Breakers (1989)

as Bobby O'Connor

American Experience
American Experience (1988)
GoodWatch score 75

TV show · as Narrator

The Hidden
The Hidden (1987)
GoodWatch score 71

as Lloyd Gallagher

Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet (1986)
GoodWatch score 80

as Jeffrey Beaumont

Screen Two
Screen Two (1985)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show · as Josef K

Dune
Dune (1984)
GoodWatch score 50

as Paul Atreides

The Changeling
The Changeling (1980)
GoodWatch score 75

as Uncredited