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  • MacLachlan plans Twin Peaks comeback - 17 June 2009
    -Actor Kyle MacLachlan plans to resurrect his quirky TV drama Twin Peaks in short installments on the Internet.- -The Desperate Housewives star played an FBI agent on the show between 1990 and 1991, working with legendary director David Lynch on the cult series. - - The

Kyle MacLachlan - what members say


  • Dune
  • Dune review by from Birmingham
    Rated - 4.0 stars Spice it up 10 June 2005
    ...ce found only on one dry and desolate planet (Arrakis, also known as Dune). Kyle MacLachlan heads an all-star cast, which includes Sean Young, Patrick Stewart, Francesca A...   Read customer review
  • Blue Velvet
  • Blue Velvet review by from Aberdeen, Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Dark & Brooding, but a bit slow 7 June 2004
    ...hat is exposed. Dennis Hopper is truly superb as the psychopathic Frank, while Kyle MacLachlan (later Trey in Sex & The City) is great as the teenager who ends up way deeper...   Read customer review
  • Hamlet
  • Hamlet review by from Isle of Bute
    Rated - 2.0 stars Ethan v Ken 12 May 2005
    ...it in what now seems a little dated. I would love to see him remake this now. Kyle MacLachlan is for me forever the guy out of Twin Peaks and he doesn't quite make it here.....   Read customer review

Kyle MacLachlan - filmography


  • Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
    Starring: Bruce Greenwood,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Joan Chen
    Director: Bruce Beresford
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 24 members
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  • The Smell of Success on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Téa Leoni,  Mark Polish
    Director: Michael Polish
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    When a tragic accident ends the life of Mr. Rose, the genius behind Rose's Manure Company, the livelihood of its loyal fleet of salesmen threatens to go, as they say, into the toilet. Enter estranged daughter Rosemary, a high-class- cosmetics salesgirl, who steps in to take control. She is not sure ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 10 members
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  • Desperate Housewives - Season 3 (6 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Teri Hatcher,  Marcia Cross,  Felicity Huffman
    Director: Larry Shaw
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Expect numerous plot twists and shocking revelations in the complete third season of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, the Emmy Award-winning primetime soap. The show takes a vitriolic look at American suburbia and follows the lives of four dysfunctional housewives while also revealing tangled webs of intrigue ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 4,644 members
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  • Mysterious Island on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Danielle Calvert,  Gabrielle Anwar
    Director: Russell Mulcahy
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Following a daring escape from a Confederate prison camp during the American Civil War, Captain Cyrus Smith (Kyle MacLachlan – Desperate Housewives, Twin Peaks) and his comrades are swept out to sea by a perilous storm and crash-land on a lost tropical isle full of dangerous secrets. Salvation ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 165 members
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  • Miranda on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Christina Ricci,  John Simm,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Marc Munden,  Marc Munden
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Christina Ricci stars as the title character in this thriller directed by Marc Munden. When Frank (John Simm), a librarian looking for love, falls for the sexy Miranda, he gets drawn into a strange world of deception and intrigue. Miranda seems to have three identities--con woman, dancer, and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,109 member
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  • Northfork on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Peter Coyote,  Anthony Edwards,  Daryl Hannah
    Director: Mark Polish,  Michael Polish
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Polish Brothers conclude their America's Heartland trilogy (TWIN FALLS IDAHO, JACKPOT) with this mesmerizing, surreal drama. It is 1950s Montana, and in two days the small town of Northfork is about to be buried underwater. While most of the residents are willing to accept a forced relocation ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 776 members
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  • Me Without You on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Anna Friel,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Michelle Williams
    Director: Sandra Goldbacher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    ME WITHOUT YOU, directed by Sandra Goldbacher (THE GOVERNESS), follows two girls who promise to be best friends forever. Marina (Anna Friel) is troubled, extroverted, and the product of a broken home, while Holly (Michelle Williams) is a quiet girl who escapes from her overprotective family into a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,616 member
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  • Timecode on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Salma Hayek,  Holly Hunter,  Saffron Burrows
    Director: Mike Figgis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Four frames of simultaneous action that alternately follow a smitten lesbian lover as she obsesses over her partner's dalliances and the tense goings-on of a Hollywood film production company
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 1,930 member
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  • Hamlet (2000)
    Starring: Ethan Hawke,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sam Shepard
    Director: Michael Almereyda
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Ethan Hawke stars in this modern update of Shakespeare's classic play. He portrays a young filmmaker in New York City who struggles to gain power of his deceased father's company, even as the new boss (Kyle MacLachlan) manages to take total control of the proceedings. Michael Almereyda's (NADJA) ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 868 members
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  • X Change on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Stephen Baldwin,  Pascale Bussieres,  Kim Coates
    Director: Alan Moyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Travelling around without a body has for the history of mankind been the domain of mystics and the dead. In the future, it will be as common as the telephone. In this future, a master terrorist assassinates a powerful CEO and the officer assigned to the case is sent bodiless to San Francisco to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 683 members
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  • Xchange (2000)
    Starring: Stephen Baldwin,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Allan Moyle
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the future, where it's faster to travel by exchanging bodies with someone at the destination, a man's body is hijacked by a ruthless terrorist.
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 7 members
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  • Route 9 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Peter Coyote,  Amy Locane
    Director: David Mackay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two town deputies discover a van full of drugs and money on a desolate road. They decide to take the cash... A DEA investigation begins and soon the pair are looking for somewhere to run...
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 63 members
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  • One Night Stand on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Wesley Snipes,  Nastassja Kinski,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Mike Figgis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Max is a happily married and successful man with two healthy children. However, on a business trip to New York, he meets the beautiful Karen and they embark on a brief affair. On his return home he finds his life different and he begins to withdraw from the people closest to him, even though he ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 572 members
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  • Showgirls on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Elizabeth Berkley,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Gina Gershon
    Director: Paul Verhoeven
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Glitz, glamour and blind, naked ambition collide in this tale of a young exotic dancer clawing her way to stardom in glitter city, Las Vegas. Nomi Malone has left her name and her past behind to become a big splash in the all-stops-out dance extravaganzas of the Vegas stage. Along the way, she's ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 43% from 4,858 members
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  • Roswell on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Martin Sheen,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Dwight Yoakam
    Director: Jeremy Kagan
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on real-life events, the mystery of the Roswell UFO and its passengers is as compelling as it is controversial. New Mexico, 1947. Mac Brazel finds unidentifiable wreckage scattered across his farmland. Intelligence officer Jesse Marcel is summoned from the nearby Roswell Air Force base and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 19 members
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  • The Flintstones on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Rick Moranis,  Elizabeth Perkins,  Rosie O'Donnell
    Director: Brian Levant
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The good (if not fully evolved) citizens of Bedrock make their way to the big screen in this live-action adaptation of the popular animated series of the 1960s. Fred Flintstone (John Goodman) and his best friend Barney Rubble (Rick Moranis) work together at the Slate and Company Rock Quarry. When ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 2,211 members
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  • The Trial on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Anthony Hopkins,  Juliet Stevenson
    Director: David Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Franz Kafka's posthumously published novel, adapted by Harold Pinter for the screen, is the story of a future authoritarian state where an innocent bank clerk is arrested for no other reason but to assert the state's authority.
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 316 members
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  • Where The Day Takes You on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Sean Astin,  Laura San Giacomo,  Dermot Mulroney
    Director: Marc Rocco
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Stripped of sentimentality, this film visits homeless teens and young adults who survive on the margins of society. Living by begging, theft and prostitution, this loose-knit community forms an extended family. King (Dermot Mulroney) is the unofficial patriarch looking after the motley crew of ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 259 members
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  • Twin Peaks - Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Michael Ontkean,  Lara Flynn Boyle
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An eccentric, mystical FBI agent arrives in the small Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of a young high school girl. Features the first 7 episodes of the cult TV Show, including the original pilot episode and a multitude of bonus features.
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 9,156 members
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  • The Doors - Blu-ray (1990)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Meg Ryan,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 218 members
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  • The Doors on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Meg Ryan,  Kyle MacLachlan
    Director: Oliver Stone
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 4,947 members
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  • The Boyfriend School (1990)
    Starring: Shelley Long,  Steve Guttenberg,  Jami Gertz
    Director: Malcolm Mowbray
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    When Gus, a shy cartoonist, wants to change his life around and find the girl of his dreams, he calls his romance novelist sister for help. She transforms gus into Lobo - macho hunk and motorcycle rider. When he is introduced to a beautiful reporter, he falls head over heels for her, but the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 13 members
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  • Blue Velvet on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Isabella Rossellini,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 17,529 members
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  • Blue Velvet - Blu-ray (1986)
    Starring: Kyle MacLachlan,  Isabella Rossellini,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A deeply shocking and insidiously funny film, David Lynch's offbeat vision uncovers the nasty underside of small-town America. When a young man finds a human ear in a field, he embarks on an investigation into the dark world of a dangerous psychopath, which leads him to a beautiful nightclub singer...read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 5 members
    Not available for rental
  • Dune - Blu-ray (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 24 members
    Not available for rental
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  • Dune on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Francesca Annis,  Kyle MacLachlan,  Sian Phillips
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    David Lynch wades through dark waters in his adaptation of Frank Herbert's cult science fiction novel. In condensing Herbert's rambling and complex book by eliminating characters and compacting events, Lynch succeeds in rendering the story incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the novel and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 64% from 11,118 members
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Kyle MacLachlan facts

5 most recent films

Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding - 3 stars
Desperate Housewives - Season 6 - 4.5 stars
Mao's Last Dancer - 4.0 stars
The Smell of Success - 2.0 stars
Free Jimmy - 2.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Desperate Housewives - Season 6 - 4.5 stars
Desperate Housewives - Season 3 - 4.5 stars
Twin Peaks - Series 2 - 4.5 stars
Sex And The City - Series 4 - 4.0 stars
Sex And The City - Series 3 - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding - 3 stars
The Smell of Success - 2.0 stars
Roswell - 2.5 stars
The Trigger Effect - 3.0 stars
Blue Velvet - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Marcia Cross - 14 times - show films
Ricardo Chavira - 14 times - show films
Teri Hatcher - 14 times - show films
Brenda Strong - 14 times - show films
Eva Longoria - 14 times - show films

Most frequent directors

David Lynch - 14 times - show films
Larry Shaw - 14 times - show films
Michael Patrick King - 8 times - show films
David Grossman - 7 times - show films
Andrew Doerfer - 7 times - show films