Ian Roberts
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.
Acted in
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021
Musiekpaniek
2020
as Self
Mia and the White Lion
2018
as John's Father
Van der Merwe
2017
as Oupa Van der Merwe
Cape Town
2016
as Gerbrand Vos
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
2015
as Den Bravers
The Windmill
2014
as Doctor Rossouw
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
2013
as Frans
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
2013
as Chris
Bakgat 3
2013
as Basjan
Babalas
2013
as Boet
The Wild
2011
as Karel van Reenen
Eternity
2010
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
Bakgat 2
2010
as Basjan du Preez
The Race-Ist
2010
as Noel Oosthuizen
Bakgat!
2008
as Basjan du Preez
Erfsondes
2007
as Pote du Toit
Number 10
2006
as Marius Kramer
Tsotsi
2005
as Captain Smit
King Solomon's Mines
2004
as Sir Henry
Red Dust
2004
as Piet Müller
Arsenaal
2002
as Jack Degenaar
Askari
2001
as Ripshaw
I Dreamed of Africa
2000
as Mike Donovan
A Reasonable Man
1999
as Chris Van Rooyen
Sweepers
1998
as Yager
Tarzan and the Lost City
1998
as Captain Dooley
Paljas
1998
as Frans
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
1997
as Thys Tredoux
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
as Kobie Coetsee
Inside
1996
as Guard Moolman
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Evans
Cyborg Cop III
1995
as Sheen
Kalahari Harry
1994
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
In a Time of Violence: The Line
1994
as Lt. Danie Visser
The Power of One
1992
as Hoppie Gruenewald
The Fourth Reich
1990
as Johannes van der Walt
Cape Rebel
1989
as Sloet Steenkamp
Arende
1989
as Sloet Steenkamp
The Crossing
1988
Dancing in the Forest
1988
as Thor
Jane and the Lost City
1987
as Carl
You Must Be Joking! Too
1987
as Various
Heroes
1986
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Wild Maneuvres
1985
as Corp. White
Anna Meintjies
1983
Wasted Spring
1983
as Hermaans Cronjé
The Horse Smuggler
1982