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Ian Roberts

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.

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

Reno 911!

2003

as Sergeant Jack Declan

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