Ian Roberts
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-11-30 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
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
Acting
(2021)
(2018)
Mia and the White Lion
as John's Father
(2017)
Van der Merwe
as Oupa Van der Merwe
(2015)
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
as Den Bravers
(2014)
The Windmill
as Doctor Rossouw
(2013)
Bakgat 3
as Basjan
(2013)
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
as Frans
(2013)
Babalas
as Boet
(2013)
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
as Chris
(2010)
Bakgat 2
as Basjan du Preez
(2010)
Eternity
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
(2010)
The Race-Ist
as Noel Oosthuizen
(2008)
Bakgat!
as Basjan du Preez
(2006)
Number 10
as Marius Kramer
(2005)
Tsotsi
as Captain Smit
(2004)
Red Dust
as Piet Müller
(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)
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)
In a Time of Violence: The Line
as Lt. Danie Visser
(1994)
Kalahari Harry
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
(1992)
The Power of One
as Hoppie Gruenewald
(1990)
The Fourth Reich
as Johannes van der Walt
(1989)
Cape Rebel
as Sloet Steenkamp
(1988)
Dancing in the Forest
as Thor
(1988)
(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)
(1982)
Crew
(1994)
Kalahari Harry
Screenplay