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 (25 titles)
MovieMaking Wicked: For Good
Self · 2025
6.6MovieWicked: For Good
Boq / The Tin Man · 2025
8.2MovieWicked: One Wonderful Night
Self · 2025
8.0MovieMaking Wicked
Self · 2024
7.5MovieDefying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Self · 2024
6.9MovieLost on a Mountain in Maine
Henry · 2024
6.9MovieWicked
Boq · 2024
6.8ShowElsbeth
Reese Chandler · 2024
10.0MovieI'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Self · 2024
7.7ShowGen V
Thomas Godolkin · 2023
MovieThese Untold Secrets
2023
5.6ShowThe Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · 2022
MovieIntervenors
Miles · 2022
ShowBroadway Whodunit
Seth · 2020
ShowStars in the House
Self · 2020
7.8MovieThe SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
SpongeBob SquarePants · 2019
6.3ShowThe Kelly Clarkson Show
Self · 2019
7.0ShowFosse/Verdon
Joel Grey · 2019
8.1ShowThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Steven · 2017
8.5MovieEvol
Ronny Goldstein · 2016
5.7MovieLightning Bugs in a Jar
Ben · 2015
MovieNewsworthy
Tad Michael Cooper · 2011
8.0ShowLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
Riley Porter · 1999
7.7ShowSpongeBob SquarePants
Himself · 1999
7.0ShowThe Oscars
Self · 1953