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 inThey/Them, a thriller set in an LGBTQ conversion therapy camp.

Personal life
Germaine is originally from Illinois; they worked at a coffee shop in Chicago before temporarily relocating to Los Angeles, California for The Politician. Germaine is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. Germaine transitioned as a teen.

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."