He’s appeared in many of the USA’s biggest shows over the past 25 years, now Kyle MacLachlan has further cemented his iconic credentials by joining the Marvel universe for Agents Of SHIELD. The square-jawed, quirky actor is playing the father of Skye (Chloe Bennet) and will reportedly have an air of mystery about him. It wouldn’t surprise me if he possessed some superheroic tendencies – they’d be mad not to at least have him levitating a cup with his mind or something! Intriguingly, some sites list him as “The Doctor”. Surely this isn’t a fanboy-mind-melting crossover in the works!?
MacLachlan is still perhaps best known as Special Agent Dale Cooper in Twin Peaks and for his work with that project’s co-creator David Lynch in DUNE (his feature debut) and BLUE VELVET. Since then he’s been in the regular casts for Sex And The City, Desperate Housewives, The Good Wife, Portlandia and most recently the cancelled Believe. He epitomizes the warped matinee idol image capitalized on by mentor Lynch and makes a fine addition to the SHIELD line-up.
Source: Digital Spy
