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Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

Actor · Born November 30, 1951 · 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.

Acted in 47

2010s

  1. 2018

    Mia and the White Lion

    John's Father

    68
  2. 2017

    Van der Merwe

    Oupa Van der Merwe

  3. 2016

    Cape Town

    Gerbrand Vos · 6 episodes

  4. 2015

    Tremors 5: Bloodlines

    Den Bravers

    54
  5. 2014

    The Windmill

    Doctor Rossouw

  6. 2013

    Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux

    Frans

  7. Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond

    Chris

  8. Bakgat 3

    Basjan

  9. Babalas

    Boet

  10. 2011

    The Wild

    Karel van Reenen · 415 episodes

  11. 2010

    Bakgat 2

    Basjan du Preez

  12. The Race-Ist

    Noel Oosthuizen

2000s

  1. 2008

    Bakgat!

    Basjan du Preez

  2. 2007

    Erfsondes

    Pote du Toit · 26 episodes

  3. 2005

    Tsotsi

    Captain Smit

    73

  4. 3 Needles

    Hallyday, the Plantation Owner

  5. 2004

    King Solomon's Mines

    Sir Henry · 2 episodes

    60

  6. Red Dust

    Piet Müller

    65
  7. 2002

    Arsenaal

    Jack Degenaar · 10 episodes

  8. 2001

    Askari

    Ripshaw

  9. 2000

    I Dreamed of Africa

    Mike Donovan

    41

1990s

  1. 1999

    A Reasonable Man

    Chris Van Rooyen

  2. 1998

    Sweepers

    Yager

    44

  3. Tarzan and the Lost City

    Captain Dooley

  4. Paljas

    Frans

  5. 1997

    Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond

    Thys Tredoux · 20 episodes

  6. Mandela and de Klerk

    Kobie Coetsee

  7. 1996

    Inside

    Guard Moolman

  8. 1995

    Cry, the Beloved Country

    Evans

  9. Cyborg Cop III

    Sheen

    37
  10. 1994

    Kalahari Harry

    Kalahari Harry Morgan

  11. In a Time of Violence: The Line

    Lt. Danie Visser

  12. 1993

    Daisy de Melker

    Sid de Melker · 4 episodes

  13. 1992

    The Power of One

    Hoppie Gruenewald

    58
  14. 1990

    The Fourth Reich

    Johannes van der Walt

1980s

  1. 1989

    Cape Rebel

    Sloet Steenkamp

  2. Arende

    Sloet Steenkamp · 33 episodes

  3. 1988

    The Play on One

    Joseph · 1 episode

  4. Dancing in the Forest

    Thor

  5. 1987

    Jane and the Lost City

    Carl

    44

  6. You Must Be Joking! Too

    Various

  7. 1986

    Night of Fear

    Steve Vosloo

  8. 1985

    Wild Maneuvres

    Corp. White

Wrote 1

1990s

  1. 1994

    Kalahari Harry

    Screenplay

Appearances1

2020s

  1. 2020

    Musiekpaniek

    Self · 1 episode