Cast & creator
Ethan Slater
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Jennifer Hudson Show
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).
Also known as: Ethan Samuel Slater
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1953–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (29)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Riley Porter
1999
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
Elsbeth
Reese Chandler
2024
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Steven
2017
Gen V
Thomas Godolkin
2023
Stars in the House
Self
2020
Wicked: For Good
Boq / The Tin Man
2025
The Oscars
Self
1953
Wicked
Boq
2024
Fosse/Verdon
Joel Grey
2019
Broadway Whodunit
Seth
2020
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
Henry
2024
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Self
2024
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
Self
2025
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
SpongeBob SquarePants
2019
Making Wicked: For Good
Self
2025
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
Self
2024Exit Right
Making Wicked
Self
2024
Intervenors
Miles
2022Intervenors
Music
2022Intervenors
Writer
2022Intervenors
Producer
2022
Lightning Bugs in a Jar
Ben
2015
Evol
Ronny Goldstein
2016The Designer
These Untold Secrets
2023
Newsworthy
Tad Michael Cooper
2011