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).
When an advanced sentinel from the future comes to kill Professor X in the past after he won an election, Nick Fury brings in Deadpool, Peter Wisdom, Psylocke, Colossus, Plastic Man and The Flash to fight this futuristic fiend.
