Acting · Washington, D.C., USA · Born June 2, 1992
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).
MovieMaking Wicked: For Good
2025
as Self
MovieWicked: For Good
2025
as Boq / The Tin Man
MovieWicked: One Wonderful Night
2025
as Self
MovieMaking Wicked
2024
as Self
MovieDefying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
as Self
MovieLost on a Mountain in Maine
2024
as Henry
MovieWicked
2024
as Boq
TVElsbeth
2024
as Reese Chandler
MovieI'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
as Self
TVGen V
2023
as Thomas Godolkin
MovieThese Untold Secrets
2023
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
MovieIntervenors
2022
as Miles
TVBroadway Whodunit
2020
as Seth
TVStars in the House
2020
as Self
MovieThe SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
2019
as SpongeBob SquarePants
TVThe Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
TVFosse/Verdon
2019
as Joel Grey
TVThe Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
as Steven
MovieEvol
2016
as Ronny Goldstein
MovieLightning Bugs in a Jar
2015
as Ben
MovieNewsworthy
2011
as Tad Michael Cooper
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Riley Porter
TVSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Himself
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
The Designer
Exit Right
