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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).

Filmography

2025
Making Wicked: For Good

as Self

Movie
2025
Wicked: For Good

as Boq

Movie
2025
Wicked: One Wonderful Night

as Self

Movie
2024
Wicked

as Boq

Movie
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked

as Self

Movie
2024
Lost on a Mountain in Maine

as Henry

Movie
2023
Gen V

as Thomas Godolkin

TV Show