Ethan Slater
Acting
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
2025Wicked: For Good
Boq / The Tin Man
2025Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Self
2025Making Wicked: For Good
Self
2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Self
2024Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Henry
2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Self
2024Wicked
Boq
2024Making Wicked
Self
2023These Untold Secrets
2022Intervenors
Miles
2019The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
SpongeBob SquarePants
2016Evol
Ronny Goldstein
2015Lightning Bugs in a Jar
Ben
2011Newsworthy
Tad Michael Cooper