Ethan Slater
Biography
Ethan Samuel Slater is an American actor and singer born on June 2, 1992, in Washington, D.C. He played the character of SpongeBob SquarePants in the 2016 musical of the same name. For this role, he won a Drama Desk Award and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. He also played Boq Woodsman and The Tin Man in the musical films Wicked, released in 2024, and Wicked: For Good, slated for 2025. As a singer, Ethan Slater has released the extended plays Wanderer in 2019 and Life Is Weird in 2020. Across his career in acting, he has accumulated twenty-seven known credits.
Career overview
Ethan Samuel Slater is an American actor and singer born on June 2, 1992, in Washington, D.C. He is known for his work in both theatre and film. In 2016, he originated the title role of SpongeBob SquarePants in the musical of the same name. His performance in the production earned him a Drama Desk Award as well as a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.
Expanding his career into film, Slater was cast as Boq Woodsman and The Tin Man in the musical films Wicked, released in 2024, and its continuation, Wicked: For Good, scheduled for 2025. In addition to his acting credits on stage and screen, he has pursued a career as a recording artist, releasing the extended plays Wanderer in 2019 and Life Is Weird in 2020. Across his career in entertainment, he has accumulated a total of 27 known acting credits.
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- Wicked: For Good (2025) as Boq / The Tin Man
- Wicked: One Wonderful Night (2025) as Self
- Making Wicked: For Good (2025) as Self
- Elsbeth (2024) as Reese Chandler
- Wicked (2024) as Boq
- Lost on a Mountain in Maine (2024) as Henry
- Making Wicked (2024) as Self
- Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked (2024) as Self
- I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story (2024) as Self
- Gen V (2023) as Thomas Godolkin
- These Untold Secrets (2023)
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self
- Intervenors (2022) as Miles
- Intervenors (2022) Writer
- Intervenors (2022) Producer
- Intervenors (2022) Music
- Stars in the House (2020) as Self
- Broadway Whodunit (2020) as Seth
- The Kelly Clarkson Show (2019) as Self
- Fosse/Verdon (2019) as Joel Grey
- The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! (2019) as SpongeBob SquarePants
- The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017) as Steven
- Evol (2016) as Ronny Goldstein
- Lightning Bugs in a Jar (2015) as Ben
- Newsworthy (2011) as Tad Michael Cooper
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Riley Porter
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) as Himself
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- Exit Right
- The Designer