Steven Edward Dehler (born February 13, 1987) is an American erotic model, actor, and dancer. He has been described as "the poster child for the modern male underwear model".
He is a regular performer at
The Abbey, a gay bar and nightclub in
West Hollywood
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, California, and was the face of Marcuse Swimwear for their 2015 campaign.
With an active social media presence, Dehler has amassed over 233,000 followers on
Instagram
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as of May 2017.
Also in 2015, Dehler made the cover of ''Odyssey Magazine'' and played Mr. Coconuts on ''
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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''.
Biography
Dehler was born in
Simi Valley
Simi Valley (; Chumash: ''Shimiyi'') is a city in the valley of the same name in the southeast region of Ventura County, California, United States. Simi Valley is from Downtown Los Angeles, making it part of the Greater Los Angeles Area. T ...
to Patricia And William Dehler. He is one of two children, with an older brother named Kenneth Dehler.
While in elementary school, Dehler was the victim of bullying, in which he was called "Steven Gayler".
He graduated from
Simi Valley High School in 2005, attended the
College of the Canyons in
Santa Clarita from 2005 to 2007, and then
University of California, San Diego
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from 2008 to 2010. Dehler has also played the piano for approximately eighteen years, classically trained for ten of them.
Career
Modeling
Dehler began his modeling career with Timoteo, an underwear and swimwear line. Along with Timoteo, he has also modeled for Marcuse, Freedom Reigns, and Marco Marco Underwear.
Most prominently, Dehler has modeled for male underwear company
Andrew Christian.
He has been shot by
Adam Bouska, Sonny Tong, Martin Ryter, Matthew Mitchell, Scott Hoover, Serge Lee, Paul Boulon, and Wander Aguiar.
In January 2015, Dehler was made ''
DNA Magazines online Insta-Stud.
In September 2015, Dehler made the cover of ''Odyssey Magazine''.
Dancing
Dehler began his career working in West Hollywood. Originally he was a server in a small bar, then moved to doing bottle service at a club called Eleven. After winning a hot body contest at another club in West Hollywood, he was asked by a go-go dancer booker to dance. After dancing at many locations around the area, by 2012 Dehler was dancing exclusively for The Abbey.
Filmography
Movies
Music Videos
Commercials
Dehler played Mr. Coconuts on a live commercial for So Delicious on the ''
Ellen Degeneres Show'' in 2015.
Personal life
Dehler is friends with ''
RuPaul's Drag Race
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'' alum
Detox Icunt, stating, "I've done a lot of events with Detox. We did one event last year where we were all dressed up as
Mortal Kombat characters. We all run in the same circles. She has become one of my good friends. She knows what she wants. She goes for it. She's a really hard worker. She's never in town and when she is she's working. It's a great quality."
Known in the West Hollywood gay scene, Dehler is sometimes the subject of gossip columns.
References
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Living people
1987 births
College of the Canyons alumni
University of California, San Diego alumni
People from Simi Valley, California
People from West Hollywood, California
Male models from California
American gay actors
American LGBT dancers
American LGBT models
Gay dancers
Gay models