Theo Germaine
Theo Germaine is an American actor, best known for playing James Sullivan on the Netflix television series The Politician.
Career
Germaine acted in plays at Steppenwolf and The Goodman in Chicago before being cast in 2019 in The Politician on Netflix and Work in Progress on Showtime. They starred alongside Kevin Bacon in the 2022 slasher film They/Them, which centers on an LGBTQ conversion therapy camp.One of their most recent films they starred in is a hybrid fiction-documentary Desire Lines '''' about the "unwritten history of transmasculine sexuality" that was part of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.
Personal life
Germaine was born in Murphysboro but grew up largely in Monticello, Illinois with two younger siblings. Germaine is transmasculine and non-binary and uses they/them and he/him pronouns. Germaine medically and socially transitioned as a teen. They worked at a coffee shop in Chicago before temporarily relocating to Los Angeles, California for The Politician. Germaine's background includes theatre, dance, comedy, and circus work.On the LGBTQ&A podcast, Germaine explained, "I joke and tell people my first memories are The Lion King and gender dysphoria. I remember being three years old and being in daycare and we were all lying down on our mats and trying to nap, and I remember not being able to nap because I would always just sit there and think about gender."