- Born
- Birth nameDechen Karl Thurman
- Nickname
- Yoga Gigolo
- Height1.93 m
- Dechen Thurman was born on January 18, 1973 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Entre chiens et chats (1996), Dead Layer (2019) and Zoolander (2001).
- Parents
- RelativesGanden Thurman(Sibling)Mipam Thurman(Sibling)Uma Thurman(Sibling)Levon Hawke(Niece or Nephew)Maya Hawke(Niece or Nephew)
- Brother of Ganden Thurman, Uma Thurman and Mipam Thurman and the son of Nena Thurman and Robert Thurman.
- Graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Literature and Theater Arts.
- Plays Guildenstern in Hamlet (2000). His former brother-in-law, Gary Oldman, played Quildentern's friend Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern sont morts (1990).
- Former brother-in-law of Ethan Hawke.
- His mother Nena Thurman is Mexican of German, Swedish, and Danish descent.
- [on the charges of sexual conquest involved with his yoga class]: "Sometimes there are as many as five or six women in the class who I have slept with".
- "You have to question what Maria Sliwa's motive is in coming forward with these claims. Nobody else has complained about Dechen overstepping boundaries. He is a gentleman." --Dechen Thurman's attorney Steven Machat
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