Dougie Milford's wife and the Mayor's girlfriend (season 2) Dan O'Herlihy as Andrew Packard, Josie's husband and Catherine's brother (season 2) Billy Zane as John Justice Wheeler, a young business partner of Benjamin Horne (season 2) Don Amendolia as Emory Battis James Booth as Ernie Niles, Norma's stepfather Michael Parks as Jean Renault, a Canadian criminal involved with One-Eyed Jacks (season 2) Carel Struycken as The Giant, a mysterious entity who gives Agent Cooper clues to find Laura's killer (season 2) Phoebe Augustine as Ronette Pulaski, Laura's classmate who survived the attack on them both Robert Davenport (pilot only) and Robert Bauer as Johnny Horne, Audrey's brother who has special needs Lenny Von Dohlen as Harold Smith, a local shut-in who was involved with Laura (season 2) Hank Worden as The Elderly Room Service Waiter, a Great Northern employee who unwittingly aids Cooper in his investigation (season 2) Michael J. Anderson as The Man from Another Place, a mysterious entity who appears in Cooper's dreams in the Red Room, alongside Laura Jan D'Arcy as Sylvia Horne, Audrey's mother and Ben's wife David Duchovny as DEA Agent Denise Bryson, a transgender DEA agent who assists Cooper (season 2) Tony Jay as Dougie Milford, the Mayor's brother and Lana's husband (season 2) Walter Olkewicz as Jacques Renault, Jean Renault's brother who is a suspect in Laura's death David Warner as Thomas Eckhardt, a businessman involved with Josie and the mill (season 2) Annette McCarthy as Evelyn Marsh, a woman whom James meets while traveling out of town (season 2) Jessica Wallenfels as Harriet Hayward, Donna's sister Alicia Witt as Gersten Hayward, Donna's sister Andrea Hays as Heidi, waitress at the Double R Diner Production Development In the 1980s, Mark Frost worked for three years as a writer for the television police drama Hill Street Blues, which featured a large cast and extended story lines. Following his success with The Elephant Man (1980) and Blue Velvet (1986), David Lynch was hired by a Warner Bros. executive to direct a film about the life of Marilyn Monroe named Venus Descending, based on the best-selling book Goddess. Lynch recalls being "sort of interested. I loved the idea of this woman in trouble, but I didn't know if I liked it being a real story." Lynch and Frost first worked together on the Goddess screenplay, and although the project was dropped by Warner Bros., they became