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