Ethan Slater
Acting
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).
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Movies (16)
Making Wicked: For Good2025Self
Wicked: For Good2025Boq / The Tin Man
Wicked: One Wonderful Night2025Self
Making Wicked2024Self
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked2024Self
Lost on a Mountain in Maine2024Henry
Wicked2024Boq
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story2024Self
These Untold Secrets2023
Intervenors2022Miles
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!2019SpongeBob SquarePants
Evol2016Ronny Goldstein
Lightning Bugs in a Jar2015Ben
Newsworthy2011Tad Michael Cooper- Exit Right
- The Designer
Shows (11)
Elsbeth2024Reese Chandler
Gen V2023Thomas Godolkin
The Jennifer Hudson Show2022Self
Broadway Whodunit2020Seth
Stars in the House2020Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show2019Self
Fosse/Verdon2019Joel Grey
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2017Steven
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999Riley Porter
SpongeBob SquarePants1999Himself
The Oscars1953Self