Michael Turchin is a painter of Pop Art portraits and film actor. He and Lance Bass married on December 20, 2014.

Turchin graduated from Georgetown University and studied acting at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles. Turchin regularly works as a painter of Pop Art. 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.