Ethan Slater
Biography
Ethan Samuel Slater (born June 2, 1992) is an American actor and singer. He played the character of SpongeBob SquarePants in the 2016 musical of the same name, for which he won a Drama Desk Award and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He played Boq Woodsman / The Tin Man in the musical films Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025). As a singer, he has released the extended plays Wanderer (2019) and Life Is Weird (2020).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
These Untold Secrets
2023
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
as Self
2024
Intervenors
as Miles
2022
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
as Henry
2024
Wicked: For Good
as Boq / The Tin Man
2025
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
as Self
2024
The Designer
TBA
Evol
as Ronny Goldstein
2016
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
as SpongeBob SquarePants
2019
Newsworthy
as Tad Michael Cooper
2011
Lightning Bugs in a Jar
as Ben
2015
Wicked
as Boq
2024
Making Wicked
as Self
2024
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
as Self
2025
Making Wicked: For Good
as Self
2025
TV Appearances
Broadway Whodunit
as Seth
2020
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Steven
2017
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Riley Porter
1999
Stars in the House
as Self
2020
Fosse/Verdon
as Joel Grey
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
Elsbeth
as Reese Chandler
2024
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Gen V
as Thomas Godolkin
2023