Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 30, 1951
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Credits
55 titles
Ian Roberts
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.
Known For
Filmography
Appels en Tee
Jakkals Boshoff
A Kind of Madness
Dan Hart
Reyka
John Tyrone
Pusha Pressa Phanda
Musiekpaniek
Self
Mia and the White Lion
John's Father
Van der Merwe
Oupa Van der Merwe
Cape Town
Gerbrand Vos
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Den Bravers
The Windmill
Doctor Rossouw
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
Frans
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
Chris
Bakgat 3
Basjan
Babalas
Boet
The Wild
Karel van Reenen
Eternity
Professor Tevis Shapiro
Bakgat 2
Basjan du Preez
The Race-Ist
Noel Oosthuizen
Bakgat!
Basjan du Preez
Erfsondes
Pote du Toit
Number 10
Marius Kramer
Tsotsi
Captain Smit
3 Needles
Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
King Solomon's Mines
Sir Henry
Red Dust
Piet Müller
Arsenaal
Jack Degenaar
Askari
Ripshaw
I Dreamed of Africa
Mike Donovan
A Reasonable Man
Chris Van Rooyen
Sweepers
Yager
Tarzan and the Lost City
Captain Dooley
Paljas
Frans
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
Thys Tredoux
Mandela and de Klerk
Kobie Coetsee
Inside
Guard Moolman
Cry, the Beloved Country
Evans
Cyborg Cop III
Sheen
Kalahari Harry
Kalahari Harry Morgan
In a Time of Violence: The Line
Lt. Danie Visser
Daisy de Melker
Sid de Melker
The Power of One
Hoppie Gruenewald
The Fourth Reich
Johannes van der Walt
Arende
Sloet Steenkamp
Cape Rebel
Sloet Steenkamp
The Crossing
The Play on One
Joseph
Dancing in the Forest
Thor
Jane and the Lost City
Carl
You Must Be Joking! Too
Various
Heroes
Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez