Ethan Slater
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).
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Gen V
Elsbeth
Wicked
The Oscars
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Stars in the House
Wicked: For Good
Fosse/Verdon
Broadway Whodunit
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
Making Wicked
No Image
The Designer
Newsworthy
Making Wicked: For Good
Evol
These Untold Secrets
Lightning Bugs in a Jar
Intervenors