Ethan Slater

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).

Alongside acting, Ethan Slater is also known as a singer.

Ethan Slater's most notable role to date came in Wicked (2024), where he played Boq. He also appeared in Gen V (2023) as Thomas Godolkin. Most recently appeared in Wicked: For Good (2025) as Boq / The Tin Man.

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