Ian Roberts
Born
November 30, 1951 (73 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
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
A Kind of Madness
Dan Hart
2025
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021
Musiekpaniek
Self · (1 episode)
2020
Mia and the White Lion
John's Father
2018
Van der Merwe
Oupa Van der Merwe
2017
Cape Town
Gerbrand Vos · (6 episodes)
2016
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Den Bravers
2015
The Windmill
Doctor Rossouw
2014
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
Frans
2013
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
Chris
2013
Bakgat 3
Basjan
2013
Babalas
Boet
2013
The Wild
Karel van Reenen · (415 episodes)
2011
Eternity
Professor Tevis Shapiro
2010
Bakgat 2
Basjan du Preez
2010
The Race-Ist
Noel Oosthuizen
2010
Bakgat!
Basjan du Preez
2008
Erfsondes
Pote du Toit · (26 episodes)
2007
Number 10
Marius Kramer
2006
Tsotsi
Captain Smit
2005
King Solomon's Mines
Sir Henry · (2 episodes)
2004
Red Dust
Piet Müller
2004
Arsenaal
Jack Degenaar · (10 episodes)
2002
Askari
Ripshaw
2001
I Dreamed of Africa
Mike Donovan
2000
A Reasonable Man
Chris Van Rooyen
1999
Sweepers
Yager
1998
Tarzan and the Lost City
Captain Dooley
1998
Paljas
Frans
1998
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
Thys Tredoux · (20 episodes)
1997
Mandela and de Klerk
Kobie Coetsee
1997
Inside
Guard Moolman
1996
Cry, the Beloved Country
Evans
1995
Cyborg Cop III
Sheen
1995
Kalahari Harry
Kalahari Harry Morgan
1994
In a Time of Violence: The Line
Lt. Danie Visser
1994
The Power of One
Hoppie Gruenewald
1992
The Fourth Reich
Johannes van der Walt
1990
Cape Rebel
Sloet Steenkamp
1989
Arende
Sloet Steenkamp · (33 episodes)
1989
The Crossing
1988
Dancing in the Forest
Thor
1988
Jane and the Lost City
Carl
1987
You Must Be Joking! Too
Various
1987
Heroes
Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
1986
Wild Maneuvres
Corp. White
1985
Anna Meintjies
1983
Wasted Spring
Hermaans Cronjé · (1 episode)
1983
The Horse Smuggler
1982