Name
Ian Roberts
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1951-11-30 (75 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
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
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PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to hi...
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When Gummer is hired to capture a deadly creature terrorizing South Africa, he and his new...
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Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and...
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Tarzan returns to his homeland of Africa to save his home from destruction....
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A South-African preacher goes to search for his wayward son who has committed a crime in t...
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- 2008 Bakgat! as Basjan du Preez
- 1995 Cry, the Beloved Country as Evans
- 2004 Red Dust as Piet Müller
- 1998 Tarzan and the Lost City as Captain Dooley
- 2010 Bakgat 2 as Basjan du Preez
- 1987 You Must Be Joking! Too as Various
- 1998 Paljas as Frans
- 1988 The Crossing
- 1999 A Reasonable Man as Chris Van Rooyen
- 1985 Wild Maneuvres as Corp. White
- 1994 Kalahari Harry as Kalahari Harry Morgan
- 1986 Heroes as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
- 1982 The Horse Smuggler
- 1983 Anna Meintjies
- 2001 Askari as Ripshaw
- 1989 Cape Rebel as Sloet Steenkamp
- 2013 Bakgat 3 as Basjan
- 2010 The Race-Ist as Noel Oosthuizen
- 2010 Eternity as Professor Tevis Shapiro
- 2013 Babalas as Boet
- 1990 The Fourth Reich as Johannes van der Walt
- 2013 Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond as Chris
- 2014 The Windmill as Doctor Rossouw
- 2013 Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux as Frans
- 2005 Tsotsi as Captain Smit
- 2000 I Dreamed of Africa as Mike Donovan
- 1996 Inside as Guard Moolman
- 1998 Sweepers as Yager
- 2015 Tremors 5: Bloodlines as Den Bravers
- 2017 Van der Merwe as Oupa Van der Merwe
- 1988 Dancing in the Forest as Thor
- 2018 Mia and the White Lion as John's Father
- 1995 Cyborg Cop III as Sheen
- 1994 In a Time of Violence: The Line as Lt. Danie Visser
- 1992 The Power of One as Hoppie Gruenewald
- 2006 Number 10 as Marius Kramer
- 1997 Mandela and de Klerk as Kobie Coetsee
- 1987 Jane and the Lost City as Carl
- 2021 Pusha Pressa Phanda
- 2025 A Kind of Madness as Dan Hart
- 1986 Night of Fear as Steve Vosloo
- 2005 3 Needles as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
- 2002 Arsenaal ( 10 episodes ) as Jack Degenaar
- 2016 Cape Town ( 6 episodes ) as Gerbrand Vos
- 2007 Erfsondes ( 26 episodes ) as Pote du Toit
- 1983 Wasted Spring ( 1 episode ) as Hermaans Cronjé
- 2004 King Solomon's Mines ( 2 episodes ) as Sir Henry
- 2011 The Wild ( 415 episodes ) as Karel van Reenen
- 1997 Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond ( 20 episodes ) as Thys Tredoux
- 2020 Musiekpaniek ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1989 Arende ( 33 episodes ) as Sloet Steenkamp
- 2025 Appels en Tee ( 10 episodes ) as Jakkals Boshoff
- 1993 Daisy de Melker ( 4 episodes ) as Sid de Melker
- 1988 The Play on One ( 1 episode ) as Joseph
- 2021 Reyka ( 8 episodes ) as John Tyrone
