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Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

Actor · Born 1951-11-30 · Fort Beaufort, South Africa

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Biography

Ian Roberts is a South African actor, playwright and singer best known to television viewers for his roles in the drama series Arende and Snitch, and as the character Boet in a series of long-running advertisements for Castrol motor oil. Roberts was born in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape and raised on a citrus farm near the town. He attended St. Andrew's Preparatory School and St. Andrew's College in Grahamstown. After completing high school he performed his compulsory national service in the South African Army, which he completed in 1971. After a variety of different jobs and a course in photography at the Port Elizabeth Technical College from 1973 to 1975, Roberts enrolled at Rhodes University in 1976 for a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Speech, Drama and Social Anthropology. Ian Roberts has built up an extensive acting career in theatre, television and film. Roberts was married to South African actress Michele Botes, but the couple divorced in 1999. They have two children.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Mia and the White Lion (2018) — John's Father
  2. Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) — Den Bravers
  3. Tsotsi (2005) — Captain Smit
  4. King Solomon's Mines (2004) — Sir Henry
  5. The Power of One (1992) — Hoppie Gruenewald
  6. I Dreamed of Africa (2000) — Mike Donovan
  7. Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) — Captain Dooley
  8. Sweepers (1998) — Yager
  9. Red Dust (2004) — Piet Müller
  10. Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) — Evans
  11. Reyka (2021) — John Tyrone
  12. Jane and the Lost City (1987) — Carl
  13. 3 Needles (2005) — Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
  14. Cyborg Cop III (1995) — Sheen
  15. Inside (1996) — Guard Moolman
  16. Bakgat! (2008) — Basjan du Preez
  17. Paljas (1998) — Frans
  18. Mandela and de Klerk (1997) — Kobie Coetsee
  19. Cape Town (2016) — Gerbrand Vos
  20. Wild Maneuvres (1985) — Corp. White
  21. A Kind of Madness (2025) — Dan Hart
  22. In a Time of Violence: The Line (1994) — Lt. Danie Visser
  23. Bakgat 3 (2013) — Basjan
  24. The Wild (2011) — Karel van Reenen
  25. A Reasonable Man (1999) — Chris Van Rooyen
  26. Askari (2001) — Ripshaw
  27. The Play on One (1988) — Joseph
  28. Kalahari Harry (1994) — Kalahari Harry Morgan
  29. Cape Rebel (1989) — Sloet Steenkamp
  30. The Race-Ist (2010) — Noel Oosthuizen
  31. The Windmill (2014) — Doctor Rossouw
  32. Van der Merwe (2017) — Oupa Van der Merwe
  33. Dancing in the Forest (1988) — Thor
  34. Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond (1997) — Thys Tredoux
  35. Bakgat 2 (2010) — Basjan du Preez
  36. You Must Be Joking! Too (1987) — Various
  37. Heroes (1986) — Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
  38. Anna Meintjies (1983)
  39. Babalas (2013) — Boet
  40. The Fourth Reich (1990) — Johannes van der Walt