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).

Filmography

• 2025Wicked: For Good — Boq / The Tin Man
• Elsbeth — Reese Chandler
• 2024Lost on a Mountain in Maine — Henry
• 2024Wicked — Boq
• Gen V — Thomas Godolkin
• 2023These Untold Secrets
• 2022Intervenors — Miles, Writer, Producer, Music
• Broadway Whodunit — Seth
• Fosse/Verdon — Joel Grey
• 2019The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! — SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel — Steven
• 2016Evol — Ronny Goldstein
• 2015Lightning Bugs in a Jar — Ben
• 2011Newsworthy — Tad Michael Cooper
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Riley Porter
• Exit Right
• The Designer

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2025Making Wicked: For Good — Self
• 2025Wicked: One Wonderful Night — Self
• 2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked — Self
• 2024I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story — Self
• 2024Making Wicked — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Stars in the House — Self
• The Kelly Clarkson Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self