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