
Acting
Ethan Slater
Born 1992-06-02 · Washington, D.C., USA
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).
Acting credits
6.6As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one final time. With their singular friendship now the fulcrum of their futures, they will need to truly see each other, with honesty and empathy, if they are to change themselves, and all of Oz, for good.
Wicked: For Good
2025
6.9In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Wicked
2024
7.5A behind-the-scenes look at the highly-anticipated film Wicked, featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
6.9When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn't count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness.
Lost on a Mountain in Maine
2024
8.2Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande lead a one-time-only, two-hour special featuring electrifying performances alongside their Wicked: For Good co-stars for a night of reimagined musical arrangements, cast interviews, behind-the-scenes moments, exclusive surprises, and a sneak peek at Wicked: For Good.
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025
NRReturn to Oz for a fantastic behind-the-scenes journey with this expansive look inside the characters, choreography, and creativity that make up the movie's unforgettable world.
Making Wicked: For Good
2025
Jan Randall, whose brain is affected by inoperable cancer, is deeply afraid of being trapped inside. Refusing to take medications that would reduce her final days to a hospital bed, she moves into a tent in her backyard. Determined to give her one last gift, her husband John courageously takes her on a trip around the world—on foot, in their own hometown—for what is truly the trip of a lifetime.
Exit Right
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8.0Return to Oz for a fantastic behind-the-scenes journey with this expansive look inside the characters, choreography, and creativity that make up the movie's unforgettable world.
Making Wicked
2024
7.7SpongeBob and all of Bikini Bottom face catastrophe—until a most unexpected hero rises to take center stage.
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
2019
10.0Five years into performing as renowned filmmaker George Lucas in the cult comedy show "The George Lucas Talk Show", comedian Connor Ratliff questions the need for its continuation and his own drive for success and fulfillment in show business.
I'm "George Lucas": A Connor Ratliff Story
2024
NRWhen it comes to interventions, it turns out the third time is not the charm.
Intervenors
2022
Gerry's need for an identity pushes her to join the massive multi-level marketing company, Kismetta, opening her up to a world of chaos that succumbs her to her own delusional reality.
The Designer
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NRA mother-son reunion awakens old feelings of loss and remorse, a gay man and a lesbian woman navigate a marriage of convenience in the city of Paris, and an old college buddy crashes on the couch of a young author, oblivious to the emotions he stirs up in his friend. All is not as it seems in this impactful collection of shorts exploring private passions and hidden pasts.
These Untold Secrets
2023
8.5A troubled 17-year-old boy is forced to move to New York City for psychiatric care. Throughout the summer he learns not only about the brutalities of life, but the realities of love.
Evol
2016
5.7When a mother and son with a caustic history reunite to pack-up their old house, sparks fly as long-buried secrets are revealed, and it might fall upon the shoulders of the son's boyfriend to help heal old wounds.
Lightning Bugs in a Jar
2015
NRFrederick Wiles, an ambitious, zealous high-school sophomore, with dreams of becoming the next Woodward or Bernstein, tries to find a story worthy of the seniors-only news show.
Newsworthy
2011