Kyle MacLachlan

Born: 1959-02-22

Kyle Merritt MacLachlan (born February 22, 1959) is an American actor. MacLachlan widely known for his portrayal of Dale Cooper in the TV series Twin Peaks (1990–1991; 2017), and its prequel film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). He is also known for his film roles including cult films such as Dune (1984), Blue Velvet (1986), The Hidden (1987), and Showgirls (1995). He has also had prominent roles in other television shows including appearing as Trey MacDougal in Sex and the City (2000–2002), Orson Hodge in Desperate Housewives (2006–2012), The Captain in How I Met Your Mother (2010–2014), the Mayor of Portland in Portlandia (2011–2018), and as Calvin Zabo in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2014–2015). MacLachlan was born in Yakima, Washington. His mother, Catherine (née Stone), was a public relations director, and his father, Kent Alan MacLachlan, was a stockbroker and lawyer. He has Scottish, Cornish and German ancestry. He has two younger brothers named Craig and Kent, both of whom live in the Pacific Northwest. MacLachlan graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1977. He graduated from the University of Washington in 1982 and, shortly afterward, moved to Hollywood, California to pursue his career.


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Inside Out 2

as Dad (voice)
Released: 2024-06-12

Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something...

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as Dad (voice)
Released: 2015-06-09

From an adventurous balloon ride above the clouds to a monster-filled metropolis, Academy...

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See!
as Paul Atreides
Released: 1984-12-14

In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice...

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Blue Velvet

as Jeffrey Beaumont
Released: 1986-09-19

Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear...

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The Flintstones

as Cliff Vandercave
Released: 1994-05-26

Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the...

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Showgirls

as Zack Carey
Released: 1995-09-22

Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents...

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The House with a Clock in Its Walls

as Isaac Izard
Released: 2018-09-15

When ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a...

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Riley's First Date?

as Dad (voice)
Released: 2015-11-03

Riley, now 12, who is hanging out with her parents at home when potential trouble comes...

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The Hidden

as Lloyd Gallagher
Released: 1987-10-30

When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent...

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

as Bill Kerr (uncredited)
Released: 2008-08-06

Four young women continue the journey toward adulthood that began with "The Sisterhood of the...

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The Librarian: Quest for the Spear

as Edward Wilde
Released: 2004-07-12

When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe...

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The Doors

as Ray Manzarek
Released: 1991-03-01

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim...

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Twin Peaks

as Special Agent Dale Cooper
Released: 1989-09-03

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more...

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Capone

as Doctor Karlock
Released: 2020-06-26

The 47-year old Al Capone, after 10 years in prison, starts suffering from dementia and comes to...

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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

as Dale Cooper
Released: 1992-06-03

In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears...

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Confess, Fletch

as Ronald Horan
Released: 2022-09-16

The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder...

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One Night Stand

as Vernon
Released: 1997-11-14

In Los Angeles, Max Carlyle makes a good living directing commercials and has a happy home life...

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Justice League: The New Frontier

as Superman (voice)
Released: 2008-02-26

The human race is threatened by a powerful creature, and only the combined power of Superman,...

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Hamlet

as Claudius
Released: 2000-05-12

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his...

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Northfork

as Mr. Hope
Released: 2003-07-11

The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is...

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Tesla

as Thomas Edison
Released: 2020-08-14

The story of the Promethean struggles of Nikola Tesla, as he attempts to transcend entrenched...

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The Trigger Effect

as Matthew
Released: 1996-08-30

A blackout leaves those affected to consider what is necessary, what is legal, and what is...

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Miranda's Victim

as Warren
Released: 2023-10-06

The true story of Trish Weir who in 1963 was kidnapped and brutally raped by Ernesto Miranda....

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Giant Little Ones

as Ray Winter
Released: 2019-01-03

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and...

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Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

as Mark Hudson
Released: 2011-09-13

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their...

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Xchange

as Fisk / Toffler 2
Released: 2001-01-19

In the near future, a company called Xchange owns a mind transference technology that enables...

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Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

as Special Agent Dale Cooper
Released: 2014-07-16

Ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, assembled by...

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Timecode

as Bunny Drysdale
Released: 2000-04-28

A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named...

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Free Jimmy

as Marius (voice)
Released: 2006-04-21

Four stoners, five vegans, three mobsters, four hunters and a million reasons to free one junkie...

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High Flying Bird

as David Seton
Released: 2019-01-27

During an NBA lockout, a sports agent, Ray Burke, presents his rookie client, Erick Scott, with...

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Breathe In

as Peter Sebeck
Released: 2013-01-18

When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the...

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Mao's Last Dancer

as Charles Foster
Released: 2009-10-01

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates...

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Blink Twice

as uncredited
Released: 2024-08-22

When tech billionaire Slater King meets cocktail waitress Frida at his fundraising gala, he...

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Perfume

as Business Manager
Released: 2001-04-08

A week in the lives of a group of models, photographers, agents, reporters, publicists and other...

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Moonshine Highway

as Jed Muldoon
Released: 1996-05-05

The plans of a moonshine runner trying to make a better life by becoming a stock car racer go...

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Don't Tell Her It's Me

as Trout
Released: 1990-09-21

Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness....

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Roswell

as Jesse Marcel
Released: 1994-07-31

Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the...

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Against the Wall

as Michael Smith
Released: 1994-03-26

In 1971, a warden at Attica Penitentiary is caught up in a hostage crisis when inmates take over...

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Where the Day Takes You

as Ted
Released: 1992-09-11

King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de...

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Miranda

as Nailor
Released: 2002-01-18

A librarian begins a passionate affair with a mysterious woman who walks into his library. When...

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Route 9

as Booth Parker
Released: 1998-11-20

During a routine surveilance on desolate Route 9, two small town deputies come across over one...

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Me Without You

as Daniel
Released: 2001-11-01

During a long, hot summer in seventies London, young neighbors Holly and Marina make a childhood...

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The Trial

as Josef K
Released: 1993-06-18

Joseph K. awakes one morning, to find two strange men in his room, telling him he has been...

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Mad Dog Time

as Jake Parker
Released: 1996-11-08

With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as...

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Touch of Pink

as Ghost of Cary Grant
Released: 2004-07-16

Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim...

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The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

as Self
Released: 2007-02-03

Boasting an amazing selection of the most watched, most influential and most highly acclaimed...

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Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

as Self
Released: 1990-12-01

This music special is dedicated to dispelling the prejudices associated with the HIV infection...

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You Don't Nomi

as Himself (archive footage)
Released: 2019-04-27

Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near...

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Mysterious Island

as Cyrus
Released: 2005-09-17

Five prisoners of war escape captivity in a Confederate prison camp only to land in an uncharted...

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Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin Peaks

as uncredited
Released: 2007-10-30

A select group of key creative forces involved in the making of Twin Peaks reveals their take on...

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Vault of Horror I

as Earl Raymond Digs
Released: 1994-07-02

A compilation of three episodes from the Tales from the Crypt series ("Carrion Death", "None but...

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Dream Breakers

as Bobby O'Connor
Released: 1989-09-02

A movie about a Chicago family -- a building contractor and his two sons who have opposing...

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Rich in Love

as Billy McQueen
Released: 1992-09-04

Warren Odom, a rich Southern gentleman, is left in a state of shock when his wife, Helen, leaves...

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The Windsor Protocol

as Sean Dillon
Released: 1998-11-10

Based on the novels by Jack Higgins, Sean Dillon is a maverick British agent who uncovers a plot...

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Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories

as Himself
Released: 2014-07-29

Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

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The Staggering Girl

as Matteo / Bruno / Angelo
Released: 2019-05-17

Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her...

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'Blue Velvet' Revisited

as Self
Released: 2016-10-07

When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set,...

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The Spring

as Dennis Conway
Released: 2000-01-16

A man and his son stumble onto a modern-day fountain of youth while camping in the woods.

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Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

as Jeffrey Beaumont
Released: 2011-11-08

Fifty-three minutes of deleted scenes and alternate takes assembled by David Lynch.

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The Smell of Success

as Jimmy St. James
Released: 2011-08-19

When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the...

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A Slice of Lynch

as Self
Released: 2007-10-30

David Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks"...

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Mysteries of Love

as Self
Released: 2002-06-04

Isabella Rossellini, Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern, and producer Fred Caruso are...

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The Number of Completion

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.

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I Know Catherine, The Log Lady

as Self
Released:

An authorized feature documentary about Catherine E. Coulson, best known as the Log Lady in...

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The Man with the Gray Elevated Hair

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Behind the scenes of TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN, with a focus on the work of David Lynch directing...

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A Pot of Boiling Oil

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

A short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return. David Lynch interacts with his...

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Thunder Point

as Sean Dillon
Released: 1998-05-30

Former IRA agent Sean Dillon comes to the rescue when a woman discovers a briefcase containing...

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Two Blue Balls

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

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Welcome Home: Mary Reber and the Twin Peaks Palmer House

as uncredited
Released: 2021-03-10

An extensive interview with Palmer house owner and one-time Twin Peaks performer Mary Reber,...

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A Talk with Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee

as Self
Released: 2019-12-10

A rare joint interview running approximately 90 minutes with the actors behind the iconic...

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Do Not Pick Up Hitchhikers

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.

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I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

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No Frank in Lumberton

as uncredited
Released: 1988-01-19

A very surreal video shot behind the scenes during the production of Blue Velvet in Wilmington,...

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Behind the Red Curtain

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

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A Very Lovely Dream: One Week in Twin Peaks

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

One week in the making of David Lynch's 2017 continuation of his groundbreaking television...

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Tell It Martin

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Short documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: The Return.

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Svensken bakom Hollywoodkroppen

as Himself
Released: 2023-04-12

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See You on the Other Side Dear Friend

as Self
Released: 2017-12-05

Short documentary about Twin Peaks: The Return.

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Impressions of Dune

as uncredited
Released: 2003-03-28

Documentary about the making of Dune.

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Andrew Raines
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Dr. Brett Morton
First aired: 1999-09-20

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In...

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The Kelly Clarkson Show

as uncredited
First aired: 2019-09-09

Kelly Clarkson presents the biggest newsmakers and names in film, television and music; as well...

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Late Night with Seth Meyers

as Self
First aired: 2014-02-25

Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular...

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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self
First aired: 2015-09-08

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,...

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Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host
First aired: 1975-10-11

A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The...

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The Daily Show

as Self
First aired: 1996-07-22

The World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.

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American Dad!

as Del (voice)
First aired: 2005-02-06

The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three...

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The Good Wife

as Josh Perotti
First aired: 2009-09-22

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce...

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How I Met Your Mother

as George Van Smoot
First aired: 2005-09-19

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four...

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The Late Late Show with James Corden

as Self
First aired: 2015-03-23

Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a...

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Fallout

as Overseer Hank MacLean
First aired: 2024-04-10

The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200...

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Futurama

as Dung Beetle (voice)
First aired: 1999-03-28

The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who,...

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Sex and the City

as Trey MacDougal
First aired: 1998-06-06

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best...

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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Skye's Father
First aired: 2013-09-24

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics...

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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as The Doctor
First aired: 2013-09-24

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics...

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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as Cal
First aired: 2013-09-24

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics...

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Twin Peaks

as Dale Cooper
First aired: 1990-04-08

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin...

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Twin Peaks

as Dougie Jones / Dale Cooper
First aired: 1990-04-08

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin...

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The One Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2006-08-14

A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD....

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LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as uncredited
First aired: 1988-09-05

A morning talk show with A-list celebrity guests, top-notch performances and one-of-a-kind...

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Desperate Housewives

as Orson Hodge
First aired: 2004-10-03

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of...

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Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self
First aired: 2014-12-21

PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through...

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V Graham Norton

as Self
First aired: 2002-05-06

V Graham Norton was an entertainment programme shown on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom starring...

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Tales from the Crypt

as Earl Raymond Digs
First aired: 1989-06-10

Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and...

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The Frank Skinner Show

as Self
First aired: 1995-09-10

The Frank Skinner Show was a television chat show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner, which lasted...

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American Experience

as Narrator
First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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Gravity Falls

as Bus Driver (voice)
First aired: 2012-06-15

Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they...

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How I Met Your Father

as The Captain
First aired: 2022-01-18

In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that...

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Richard & Judy

as Self
First aired: 2001-11-26

Richard & Judy was a British chat show presented by the married couple Richard Madeley and...

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The View

as Self
First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Explained

as Narrator (voice)
First aired: 2018-05-23

This documentary series, made in partnership with Vox, explain some of the world's current...

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Portlandia

as Mayor
First aired: 2011-01-21

Satirical sketch comedy set and filmed in Portland, Oregon that explores the eccentric misfits...

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In Justice

as David Swain
First aired: 2006-01-01

In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King....

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Joe vs Carole

as Howard Baskin
First aired: 2022-03-03

When Carole Baskin, a big cat enthusiast, learns that when fellow exotic animal lover Joe...

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Believe

as Roman Skouras
First aired: 2014-03-10

Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from...

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Carol's Second Act

as Dr. Stephen Frost
First aired: 2019-09-26

After raising her two children, getting divorced and retiring from teaching, Carol Chambers...

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Mysterious Island

as Cyrus
First aired: 2005-09-17

During the Civil War five survivors escape from a prison camp in Richmond, Virginia by hot air...

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How To with John Wilson

as Self (Swiping MetroCard on the subway)
First aired: 2020-10-23

In a uniquely hilarious odyssey of self-discovery and cultural observation, documentary...

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Made in Jersey

as Donovan Stark
First aired: 2012-09-28

A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan...

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Atlantic Crossing

as President Franklin D. Roosevelt
First aired: 2020-10-25

The incredible, true story of the Norwegian Crown Princess Märtha’s efforts to support her...

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