Kyle MacLachlan (presented by Seattle Arts & Lectures)
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Beloved actor—and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City, Fallout, and more—Kyle MacLachlan shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him—and created a cult icon in his memoir Fictional Selves.
To be in the black suit, or not to be? Kyle MacLachlan’s funny, moving, and playfully self-aware memoir Fictional Selves charts a career that could belong to no other. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynch’s Dune, the Hollywood blockbuster that never was, MacLachlan rebounded with a startling performance in Lynch’s provocative masterpiece Blue Velvet, which would mark him as a master of the unusual and ultimately lead to his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper on the TV sensation Twin Peaks.
Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgängers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego (“Other Kyle”), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Taking us to the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable—and often unpredictable—life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.
Kyle MacLachlan is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, podcaster, winemaker, and internet sensation whose career spans over four decades, marked by an array of distinctive roles across television, film, and voice work from Dune to Twin Peaks to Sex & the City. Beyond acting, MacLachlan is ambitiously creating a roster of projects across film, TV, audio, and social media, including the award-winning Varnamtown podcast and the What Are We Even Doing podcast, exploring the creativity and drive behind Gen Z cultural icons. He is the proud proprietor of his own wine label, Pursued by a Bear, produced in his home state of Washington. Of all his roles, Kyle is most proud to be a husband to his wife, Desiree, a father to their son, Callum, and a dog dad to Bailey and Elvis.
Beloved actor—and star of Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Sex and the City, Fallout, and more—Kyle MacLachlan shares his utterly original account of his offbeat journey in Hollywood, his battles with fear and fame, and the projects that shaped him—and created a cult icon in his memoir Fictional Selves.
To be in the black suit, or not to be? Kyle MacLachlan’s funny, moving, and playfully self-aware memoir Fictional Selves charts a career that could belong to no other. Plucked from obscurity to star in David Lynch’s Dune, the Hollywood blockbuster that never was, MacLachlan rebounded with a startling performance in Lynch’s provocative masterpiece Blue Velvet, which would mark him as a master of the unusual and ultimately lead to his career-defining role as Agent Dale Cooper on the TV sensation Twin Peaks.
Fictional Selves is a book of doppelgängers, with MacLachlan mirrored by his own prodding ego (“Other Kyle”), the iconic characters he inhabited, and the ones that eluded his grasp but gave him a profound and surprising lens onto himself as a person and a performer. Taking us to the heights of critical success for Blue Velvet to the depths of the backyard pool in his infamous (and delightful) Showgirls love scene, MacLachlan brings us into the mind of one of the most distinctive actors of his generation, offering profound insights on collaborators like David Lynch, Laura Dern, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins, and more. Featuring lessons learned the hard way about ambition, love, and fatherhood, this memoir is an honest look into the remarkable—and often unpredictable—life of an enduring and endearing Hollywood icon.
Kyle MacLachlan is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, podcaster, winemaker, and internet sensation whose career spans over four decades, marked by an array of distinctive roles across television, film, and voice work from Dune to Twin Peaks to Sex & the City. Beyond acting, MacLachlan is ambitiously creating a roster of projects across film, TV, audio, and social media, including the award-winning Varnamtown podcast and the What Are We Even Doing podcast, exploring the creativity and drive behind Gen Z cultural icons. He is the proud proprietor of his own wine label, Pursued by a Bear, produced in his home state of Washington. Of all his roles, Kyle is most proud to be a husband to his wife, Desiree, a father to their son, Callum, and a dog dad to Bailey and Elvis.
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