---
name: "Dechen Thurman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dechen-thurman"
fi1m_id: "dechen-thurman"
imdb_id: "nm0862181"
tmdb_id: 106433
wikidata_id: "Q112157742"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-22T20:59:48.758373+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dechen Thurman

## Identity

Dechen Thurman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dechen-thurman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dechen-thurman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0862181
- **TMDB ID:** 106433
- **Wikidata ID:** Q112157742
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112157742, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106433

Actor. Born 18 January 1973 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 January 1973, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112157742, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862181/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106433

## Biography

Dechen Thurman is an American actor and producer. He was born on 18 January 1973 in Boston, Massachusetts.

His film credits include the role of Guildenstern in *Hamlet* (2000), the Bookstore Cashier in *The Truth About Cats & Dogs* (1996), and a Funky Loft Guest in *Zoolander* (2001). He has also produced short films such as *Dead Layer* (2019).

Thurman is the brother of actress Uma Thurman and the son of Robert Thurman and Nena Thurman.

*Sources: imdb.com, the-numbers.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Hamlet* (2000), Fi1m 68, as Guildenstern — [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dead Layer* (2019), as Donny · Executive Producer
- *Smoke Screen* (2018), as Rick
- *The Next Big Thing* (2001), as Dechen Thurman
- *Zoolander* (2001), as Funky Loft Guest — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)
- *Way Off Broadway* (2001), as Greggy
- *Fast Food Fast Women* (2000), as Homeless Man
- *Hamlet* (2000), as Guildenstern — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/hamlet-2000.md)
- *Sue* (1998), as Interviewing Office Manager
- *This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis* (1998), as Patrick Bateman
- *Julian Po* (1997), Actor
- *I Think I Do* (1997), as Wedding Photographer
- *The Truth About Cats & Dogs* (1996), as Bookstore Cashier
- *Animal Room* (1995), as Hinge

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