Ethan Slater
Acting
Biography
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).
As actor 27
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Elsbeth
2024
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Gen V
2023
Wicked
2024
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
Wicked: For Good
2025
The Oscars
1953
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Stars in the House
2020
Fosse/Verdon
2019
Broadway Whodunit
2020
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
Exit Right
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
2019
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
Making Wicked
2024
Making Wicked: For Good
2025
Intervenors
2022
The Designer
These Untold Secrets
2023
Evol
2016
Lightning Bugs in a Jar
2015
Newsworthy
2011