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