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
The Wild
The Play on One
Reyka
King Solomon's Mines
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
Erfsondes
Mia and the White Lion
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
All Movies (41)
- A Kind of Madness2025 · as Dan Hart
- Pusha Pressa Phanda2021
- Mia and the White Lion2018 · as John's Father
- Van der Merwe2017 · as Oupa Van der Merwe
- Tremors 5: Bloodlines2015 · as Den Bravers
- The Windmill2014 · as Doctor Rossouw
- Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux2013 · as Frans
- Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond2013 · as Chris
- Bakgat 32013 · as Basjan
- Babalas2013 · as Boet
- Eternity2010 · as Professor Tevis Shapiro
- Bakgat 22010 · as Basjan du Preez
- The Race-Ist2010 · as Noel Oosthuizen
- Bakgat!2008 · as Basjan du Preez
- Number 102006 · as Marius Kramer
- Tsotsi2005 · as Captain Smit
- Red Dust2004 · as Piet Müller
- Askari2001 · as Ripshaw
- I Dreamed of Africa2000 · as Mike Donovan
- A Reasonable Man1999 · as Chris Van Rooyen
- Sweepers1998 · as Yager
- Tarzan and the Lost City1998 · as Captain Dooley
- Paljas1998 · as Frans
- Mandela and de Klerk1997 · as Kobie Coetsee
- Inside1996 · as Guard Moolman
- Cry, the Beloved Country1995 · as Evans
- Cyborg Cop III1995 · as Sheen
- Kalahari Harry1994 · as Kalahari Harry Morgan
- In a Time of Violence: The Line1994 · as Lt. Danie Visser
- The Power of One1992 · as Hoppie Gruenewald
- The Fourth Reich1990 · as Johannes van der Walt
- Cape Rebel1989 · as Sloet Steenkamp
- The Crossing1988
- Dancing in the Forest1988 · as Thor
- Jane and the Lost City1987 · as Carl
- You Must Be Joking! Too1987 · as Various
- Heroes1986 · as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
- Night of Fear1986 · as Steve Vosloo
- Wild Maneuvres1985 · as Corp. White
- Anna Meintjies1983
- The Horse Smuggler1982
All TV Shows (13)
- Appels en Tee2025 · as Jakkals Boshoff
- Reyka2021 · as John Tyrone
- Musiekpaniek2020 · as Self
- Cape Town2016 · as Gerbrand Vos
- The Wild2011 · as Karel van Reenen
- Erfsondes2007 · as Pote du Toit
- King Solomon's Mines2004 · as Sir Henry
- Arsenaal2002 · as Jack Degenaar
- Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond1997 · as Thys Tredoux
- Daisy de Melker1993 · as Sid de Melker
- Arende1989 · as Sloet Steenkamp
- The Play on One1988 · as Joseph
- Wasted Spring1983 · as Hermaans Cronjé