Michael Turchin is the son of Bobby and Stephanie Turchin of Miami Beach, Florida. His father was a general contractor and developer with the Turchin Companies of Miami Beach, responsible for the construction of more than a hundred major buildings in South Florida.
Turchin graduated from Georgetown University and studied acting at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Los Angeles
He and Lance Bass married on December 20, 2014. Turchin regularly works as a painter of People’s Artist He had an exhibition of his own works in early 2014 in the CASS gallery in Tampa, Florida.
He has also appeared as an actor in independent films, such as the 2013 comedy First Period, and in 2014"s White Dwarf, a film that includes Bass and examines the career arcs of Hollywood stars.
