Person
Ethan Slater
Acting · Born 1992-06-02 · Washington, D.C., USA
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
Riley Porter
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
Elsbeth
Reese Chandler
Wicked
Boq
Gen V
Thomas Godolkin
SpongeBob SquarePants
Himself
The Oscars
Self
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Steven
Wicked: For Good
Boq / The Tin Man
Filmography
- 2025Making Wicked: For GoodSelf
- 2025Wicked: For GoodBoq / The Tin Man
- 2025Wicked: One Wonderful NightSelf
- 2024Making WickedSelf
- 2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on WickedSelf
- 2024Lost on a Mountain in MaineHenry
- 2024WickedBoq
- 2024ElsbethReese Chandler
- 2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff StorySelf
- 2023Gen VThomas Godolkin
- 2023These Untold Secrets
- 2022The Jennifer Hudson ShowSelf
- 2022IntervenorsMiles
- 2020Broadway WhodunitSeth
- 2020Stars in the HouseSelf
- 2019The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!SpongeBob SquarePants
- 2019The Kelly Clarkson ShowSelf
- 2019Fosse/VerdonJoel Grey
- 2017The Marvelous Mrs. MaiselSteven
- 2016EvolRonny Goldstein
- 2015Lightning Bugs in a JarBen
- 2011NewsworthyTad Michael Cooper
- 1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitRiley Porter
- 1999SpongeBob SquarePantsHimself
- 1953The OscarsSelf
- —The Designer
- —Exit Right
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