Cast
Ian Roberts
Acting
Cast
Ian Roberts
Known for
Acting
Born
1951-11-30
From
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.
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
as Den Bravers
Mia and the White Lion
as John's Father
The Power of One
as Hoppie Gruenewald
Inside
as Guard Moolman
Sweepers
as Yager
I Dreamed of Africa
as Mike Donovan
Askari
as Ripshaw
Cape Rebel
as Sloet Steenkamp
Tsotsi
as Captain Smit
Red Dust
as Piet Müller
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Evans
Bakgat!
as Basjan du Preez
Tarzan and the Lost City
as Captain Dooley
Paljas
as Frans
Cyborg Cop III
as Sheen
Mandela and de Klerk
as Kobie Coetsee
Jane and the Lost City
as Carl
Wild Maneuvres
as Corp. White
Bakgat 3
as Basjan
Eternity
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
A Kind of Madness
as Dan Hart
The Fourth Reich
as Johannes van der Walt
A Reasonable Man
as Chris Van Rooyen
Van der Merwe
as Oupa Van der Merwe
Kalahari Harry
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
Night of Fear
as Steve Vosloo
Number 10
as Marius Kramer
The Windmill
as Doctor Rossouw
In a Time of Violence: The Line
as Lt. Danie Visser
Bakgat 2
as Basjan du Preez
Heroes
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
as Frans
You Must Be Joking! Too
as Various
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
as Chris
Dancing in the Forest
as Thor
The Horse Smuggler
Pusha Pressa Phanda
Babalas
as Boet
Anna Meintjies
The Race-Ist
as Noel Oosthuizen