Robert Thurman
Birthday
1941/08/03 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Robert A.F. Thurman, Professor Robert A.F. Thurman, Prof. Robert A.F. Thurman, Bob Thurman
Biography
Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman is an American Buddhist author and academic who has written, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He held the first endowed chair in Buddhist Studies in the West, the Je Tsong Khapa Chair of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at Columbia University, until his retirement in June 2019.
Acting
(2009) Infinity: The Ultimate Trip - Journey Beyond Death
as Himself
(2000) Hamlet
as Priest
(2013) The Art of Happiness
as Man in the TV
(1999) God and Buddha: A Dialogue
as Self
(2011) Crazy Wisdom: The Life and Times of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
as ---
(1999) Robert A.F. Thurman on Buddhism
as Self
(2002) Robert A.F. Thurman on Tibet
as Self
(2004) Tibetan Refugee
as Self
(2017) The Last Dalai Lama?
as Self
(2017) Crazywise
as Self – Professor, Buddhist Studies, Colombia University; Author