Ethan Slater

Known for ActingBorn 1992-06-02 (age 33)Washington, D.C., USA

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).Read more

Movies & web series

I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story

Evol

Wicked: One Wonderful Night

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

Making Wicked

The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Gen V

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

Fosse/Verdon

Wicked

Lost on a Mountain in Maine

Elsbeth

Wicked: For Good

The Kelly Clarkson Show

The Oscars

Lightning Bugs in a Jar

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Making Wicked: For Good

These Untold Secrets

Intervenors

Broadway Whodunit

Stars in the House

Newsworthy

The Designer