Ethan Slater

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).

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Elsbeth

Gen V

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Wicked

The Oscars

All Movies (16)

• Making Wicked: For Good2025 · as Self
• Wicked: For Good2025 · as Boq / The Tin Man
• Wicked: One Wonderful Night2025 · as Self
• Making Wicked2024 · as Self
• Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked2024 · as Self
• Lost on a Mountain in Maine2024 · as Henry
• Wicked2024 · as Boq
• I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story2024 · as Self
• These Untold Secrets2023
• Intervenors2022 · as Miles
• The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!2019 · as SpongeBob SquarePants
• Evol2016 · as Ronny Goldstein
• Lightning Bugs in a Jar2015 · as Ben
• Newsworthy2011 · as Tad Michael Cooper
• The Designer—
• Exit Right—

All TV Shows (11)

• Elsbeth2024 · as Reese Chandler
• Gen V2023 · as Thomas Godolkin
• The Jennifer Hudson Show2022 · as Self
• Broadway Whodunit2020 · as Seth
• Stars in the House2020 · as Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• Fosse/Verdon2019 · as Joel Grey
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel2017 · as Steven
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Riley Porter
• SpongeBob SquarePants1999 · as Himself
• The Oscars1953 · as Self