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).
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1992-06-02 · Washington, D.C., USA
Known for
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) — Riley Porter
- Wicked (2024) — Boq
- Gen V (2023) — Thomas Godolkin
- Wicked: For Good (2025) — Boq / The Tin Man
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) — Steven
- Lost on a Mountain in Maine (2024) — Henry
- Elsbeth (2024) — Reese Chandler
- The Oscars (1953) — Self
- Fosse/Verdon (2019) — Joel Grey
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) — Self
- The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! (2019) — SpongeBob SquarePants
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) — Self
- Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) — Self
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked (2024) — Self
- Lightning Bugs in a Jar (2015) — Ben
- I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story (2024) — Self