Ian Roberts
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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.
Known for
Credits
Mia and the White Lion (2018)
as John's Father
Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)
as Den Bravers
The Power of One (1992)
as Hoppie Gruenewald
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
as Mike Donovan
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
as Evans
Sweepers (1998)
as Yager
Tsotsi (2005)
as Captain Smit
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
as Captain Dooley
Red Dust (2004)
as Piet Müller
Jane and the Lost City (1987)
as Carl
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
as Kobie Coetsee
3 Needles (2005)
as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
Inside (1996)
as Guard Moolman
A Kind of Madness (2025)
as Dan Hart
Cyborg Cop III (1995)
as Sheen
Paljas (1998)
as Frans
Askari (2001)
as Ripshaw
Wild Maneuvres (1985)
as Corp. White
Bakgat 3 (2013)
as Basjan
Bakgat! (2008)
as Basjan du Preez
Van der Merwe (2017)
as Oupa Van der Merwe
A Reasonable Man (1999)
as Chris Van Rooyen
Anna Meintjies (1983)
Actor
Dancing in the Forest (1988)
as Thor
The Fourth Reich (1990)
as Johannes van der Walt
In a Time of Violence: The Line (1994)
as Lt. Danie Visser
You Must Be Joking! Too (1987)
as Various
Bakgat 2 (2010)
as Basjan du Preez
Kalahari Harry (1994)
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
Number 10 (2006)
as Marius Kramer
Eternity (2010)
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
Heroes (1986)
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Babalas (2013)
as Boet
The Race-Ist (2010)
as Noel Oosthuizen
Cape Rebel (1989)
as Sloet Steenkamp
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond (2013)
as Chris
The Windmill (2014)
as Doctor Rossouw
The Crossing (1988)
Actor
Pusha Pressa Phanda (2021)
Actor
The Horse Smuggler (1982)
Actor
Night of Fear (1986)
as Steve Vosloo
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux (2013)
as Frans