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 has recently joined the cast of Desperate Housewives, playing Dr. Orson Hodge, Bree's (Marcia Cross) charming new husband who is a dentist with a hidden agenda. Last season he could be seen on In Justice for ABC, playing David Swain, the enigmatic head of an investigation agency specializing in solving cases of t ... Show More he wrongly convicted.

On the small screen MacLachlan starred in Hallmark's treatment of Jules Verne's classic, Mysterious Island, with co-stars Patrick Stewart and Gabrielle Anwar. He is perhaps best known for his performance as FBI Agent Dale Cooper in David Lynch's ground breaking series, Twin Peaks, for which he received two Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award. He also starred for two seasons on HBO's highly successful comedy series, Sex and the City, as Charlotte's ideal man, Dr. Trey MacDougal.

MacLachlan recently played 'the spirit of Cary Grant' in Sony Pictures Classics' Touch of Pink. The New York Times praised his performance: "The real touch of class in 'Touch of Pink'... is Kyle MacLachlan's dead-on impersonation of Cary Grant... dropping pallid witticisms in Grant's signature staccato style with just the right accent, Mr. MacLachlan finds an easy balance between affectionate imitation and amusing parody."

This past December MacLachlan returned to television in the limited adventure series The Librarian: Quest for the Spear, as charming bad guy Edward Wilde, produced by Dean Devlin for TNT and co-starring Noah Wyle and Bob Newhart.

In the Fall of 2003, MacLachlan 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. The story revolves around troubled brothers who reunite with explosive consequences. Directed by John Crowley, the play returned MacLachlan to his theater roots after a 14-year absence.  Hide

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