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).
25 acting credits
Acting · 25
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Gen V
2023
Elsbeth
2024
Stars in the House
2020
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
The Oscars
1953
Wicked
2024
Wicked: For Good
2025
Fosse/Verdon
2019
Broadway Whodunit
2020
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
2024
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
2019
Making Wicked
2024
Newsworthy
2011
Making Wicked: For Good
2025
The Designer
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Evol
2016
These Untold Secrets
2023
Lightning Bugs in a Jar
2015
Intervenors
2022