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).
Acting
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Riley Porter
1999
TV
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Himself
1999
Movie
Wicked
as Boq
2024
TV
Gen V
as Thomas Godolkin
2023
Movie
Wicked: For Good
as Boq / The Tin Man
2025
TV
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
as Steven
2017
TV
Elsbeth
as Reese Chandler
2024
Movie
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
as Henry
2024
TV
The Oscars
as Self
1953
TV
Fosse/Verdon
as Joel Grey
2019
TV
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self
2019
TV
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
Movie
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
as SpongeBob SquarePants
2019
Movie
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
as Self
2025
Movie
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
as Self
2024
Movie
Lightning Bugs in a Jar
as Ben
2015
Movie
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
as Self
2024
Movie
Evol
as Ronny Goldstein
2016
Movie
Making Wicked
as Self
2024
Movie
These Untold Secrets
2023
Movie
Intervenors
as Miles
2022
Movie
The Designer
Movie
Newsworthy
as Tad Michael Cooper
2011
Movie
Making Wicked: For Good
as Self
2025