Acting
Ian Roberts
EN, FR, AF, TN cinema · 42 credits
Born
30 November 1951 (age 74)
Birthplace
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
Filmography
A Kind of Madness
as Dan Hart
Mia and the White Lion
as John's Father
Van der Merwe
as Oupa Van der Merwe
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
as Den Bravers
The Windmill
as Doctor Rossouw
Bakgat 3
as Basjan
Babalas
as Boet
Bakgat 2
as Basjan du Preez
The Race-Ist
as Noel Oosthuizen
Eternity
2010
Eternity
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
Bakgat!
as Basjan du Preez
Number 10
2006
Number 10
as Marius Kramer
Tsotsi
as Captain Smit
3 Needles
as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
Red Dust
as Piet Müller
Askari
as Ripshaw
I Dreamed of Africa
as Mike Donovan
A Reasonable Man
as Chris Van Rooyen
Tarzan and the Lost City
as Captain Dooley
Paljas
as Frans
Sweepers
as Yager
Mandela and de Klerk
as Kobie Coetsee
Inside
as Guard Moolman
Cyborg Cop III
as Sheen
Kalahari Harry
as Kalahari Harry Morgan, Screenplay
In a Time of Violence: The Line
as Lt. Danie Visser
The Power of One
as Hoppie Gruenewald
The Fourth Reich
as Johannes van der Walt
Cape Rebel
as Sloet Steenkamp
You Must Be Joking! Too
as Various
Heroes
1986
Heroes
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Night of Fear
as Steve Vosloo
Wild Maneuvres
as Corp. White