--- name: "Ethan Slater" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ethan-slater" fi1m_id: "ethan-slater" imdb_id: "nm5724788" tmdb_id: 2271410 wikidata_id: "Q47493069" roles: ["Actor"] born: "2 June 1992" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 64 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-17T18:18:24.558763+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ethan Slater ## Identity Ethan Slater - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ethan-slater - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ethan-slater - **IMDb ID:** nm5724788 - **TMDB ID:** 2271410 - **Wikidata ID:** Q47493069 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Slater, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47493069, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5724788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2271410 Actor. Born 2 June 1992 in Washington, D.C., USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 2 June 1992, Washington, D.C., USA - **Active:** 2019–present - **Also known as:** Ethan Samuel Slater - **Frequently works with:** [Ariana Grande](https://film.one/person/ariana-grande.md), [Cynthia Erivo](https://film.one/person/cynthia-erivo.md), [Dana Fox](https://film.one/person/dana-fox.md), [David Stone](https://film.one/person/david-stone.md), [Jonathan Bailey](https://film.one/person/jonathan-bailey.md), [Jon M. Chu](https://film.one/person/jon-m-chu.md), [Marc Platt](https://film.one/person/marc-platt.md), [Michelle Yeoh](https://film.one/person/michelle-yeoh.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 58 (1), 2020s 67 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 64 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 2, Fantasy 2, Romance 2, Adventure 1 - **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $1,305m across 2 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Slater, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47493069, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5724788/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2271410 ## Streaming the US now - **Peacock:** [*Wicked*](https://film.one/film/wicked.md) (70) - **Netflix:** [*Wicked: For Good*](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ethan Slater is an American actor and singer. Born on 2 June 1992 in Washington, D.C., he studied drama at Vassar College. He originated the title role in the Broadway musical *SpongeBob SquarePants* (2017), winning a Drama Desk Award and receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical. He played Boq in the film adaptations *Wicked* (2024) and *Wicked: For Good* (2025). His other screen credits include guest roles in *Gen V* (2023), *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017), *Elsbeth* (2024) and *Fosse/Verdon* (2019). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, apnews.com, variety.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Wicked: For Good* (2025), Fi1m 64, as Boq / The Tin Man — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md) - *Wicked* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Boq — [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md) - *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), Fi1m 58, as Joel Grey — [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md) ## Complete filmography (17) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Wicked: For Good* (2025), as Boq / The Tin Man — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked-for-good.md) - *Lost on a Mountain in Maine* (2024), as Henry - *Wicked* (2024), as Boq — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/wicked.md) - *Elsbeth* (2024), series, as Reese Chandler - *Gen V* (2023), series, as Thomas Godolkin - *These Untold Secrets* (2023), Actor - *Intervenors* (2022), as Miles · Writer, Music, Producer - *Broadway Whodunit* (2020), series, as Seth - *The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!* (2019), as SpongeBob SquarePants - *Fosse/Verdon* (2019), series, as Joel Grey — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/fosse-verdon.md) - *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017), series, as Steven — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-marvelous-mrs-maisel.md) - *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), series, as Riley Porter - *Exit Right*, Actor - *The Designer*, Actor ## Gallery - ![Ethan Slater at the opening night of "All Out" on Broadway, December 2025](https://film.one/media/person/7644/gallery-b6c7eca3de21.jpg) Ethan Slater at the opening night of "All Out" on Broadway, December 2025 — PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/EthanSlater-byPhilipRomano.jpg/1280px-EthanSlater-byPhilipRomano.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![American actor and singer Ethan Slater in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/7644/gallery-e2a43228b2a8.png) American actor and singer Ethan Slater in 2024 — Our Movie Guide, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Ethan_Slater_New_York_Special_Screening_2024.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![An image taken from a Youtube video published by 'Crazy Amanda Reacts!', interviewing Ethan Slater and Tom Kenny (2020)](https://film.one/media/person/7644/gallery-9a4ac00c27f3.png) An image taken from a Youtube video published by 'Crazy Amanda Reacts!', interviewing Ethan Slater and Tom Kenny (2020) — Crazy Amanda Reacts!, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Ethan_Slater_Youtube_interview.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ethan Slater](https://film.one/media/person/7644/gallery-da639f73ca53.jpg) Ethan Slater — Image via TMDB - ![Ethan Slater](https://film.one/media/person/7644/gallery-2ef903a69286.jpg) Ethan Slater — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 0 won, 4 nominated - Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical 2018: Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Musical (nominated) - Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play 2018: Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (nominated) - Outer Critics Circle Award 2018: Outer Critics Circle Award (nominated) - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical 2018: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical (nominated) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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