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.
★7.3
MOVIE2018
Mia and the White Lion
as John's Father
★5.5
MOVIE2015
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
as Den Bravers
★7.5
MOVIE1992
The Power of One
as Hoppie Gruenewald
★5.4
MOVIE2000
I Dreamed of Africa
as Mike Donovan
★4.4
MOVIE1998
Sweepers
as Yager
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Mandela and de Klerk
as Kobie Coetsee
★4.3
MOVIE1998
Tarzan and the Lost City
as Captain Dooley
★7.3
MOVIE1998
Paljas
as Frans
★6.9
MOVIE2005
Tsotsi
as Captain Smit
★6.8
MOVIE1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Evans
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Red Dust
as Piet Müller
★4.5
MOVIE1987
Jane and the Lost City
as Carl
★5.7
MOVIE1999
A Reasonable Man
as Chris Van Rooyen
★6.0
MOVIE2005
3 Needles
as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
★7.3
MOVIE2025
A Kind of Madness
as Dan Hart
★5.9
MOVIE1985
Wild Maneuvres
as Corp. White
★6.0
MOVIE1990
The Fourth Reich
as Johannes van der Walt
★7.0
MOVIE2001
Askari
as Ripshaw
★4.1
MOVIE1995
Cyborg Cop III
as Sheen
★5.8
MOVIE1994
In a Time of Violence: The Line
as Lt. Danie Visser
★7.5
MOVIE2017
Van der Merwe
as Oupa Van der Merwe
★4.8
MOVIE2014
The Windmill
as Doctor Rossouw
★6.0
MOVIE1987
You Must Be Joking! Too
as Various
★5.1
MOVIE2013
Bakgat 3
as Basjan
★6.0
MOVIE1988
Dancing in the Forest
as Thor
★6.0
MOVIE1994
Kalahari Harry
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
★4.8
MOVIE1996
Inside
as Guard Moolman
MOVIE2010
Eternity
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
★6.0
MOVIE2010
Bakgat 2
as Basjan du Preez
★5.7
MOVIE2008
Bakgat!
as Basjan du Preez
★10.0
MOVIE2010
The Race-Ist
as Noel Oosthuizen
MOVIE2013
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
as Chris
★9.0
MOVIE1986
Heroes
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
MOVIE1982
The Horse Smuggler
MOVIE1988
The Crossing
★5.5
MOVIE2013
Babalas
as Boet
★7.0
MOVIE1983
Anna Meintjies
★8.0
MOVIE2006
Number 10
as Marius Kramer
MOVIE1986
Night of Fear
as Steve Vosloo
MOVIE2021
Pusha Pressa Phanda
★7.0
MOVIE2013
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
as Frans
★6.5
MOVIE1989
Cape Rebel
as Sloet Steenkamp