Ian Roberts
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.
Bakgat!
(Basjan du Preez)
Cry, the Beloved Country
(Evans)
Red Dust
(Piet Müller)
Tarzan and the Lost City
(Captain Dooley)
Bakgat 2
(Basjan du Preez)
You Must Be Joking! Too
(Various)
Paljas
(Frans)
The Crossing
A Reasonable Man
(Chris Van Rooyen)
Wild Maneuvres
(Corp. White)
Kalahari Harry
(Kalahari Harry Morgan)
Heroes
(Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez)
The Horse Smuggler
Anna Meintjies
Askari
(Ripshaw)
Cape Rebel
(Sloet Steenkamp)
Bakgat 3
(Basjan)
The Race-Ist
(Noel Oosthuizen)
Eternity
(Professor Tevis Shapiro)
Babalas
(Boet)
The Fourth Reich
(Johannes van der Walt)
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
(Chris)
The Windmill
(Doctor Rossouw)
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
(Frans)
Tsotsi
(Captain Smit)
I Dreamed of Africa
(Mike Donovan)
Inside
(Guard Moolman)
Sweepers
(Yager)
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
(Den Bravers)
Van der Merwe
(Oupa Van der Merwe)
Dancing in the Forest
(Thor)
Mia and the White Lion
(John's Father)
Cyborg Cop III
(Sheen)
In a Time of Violence: The Line
(Lt. Danie Visser)
The Power of One
(Hoppie Gruenewald)
Number 10
(Marius Kramer)
Mandela and de Klerk
(Kobie Coetsee)
Jane and the Lost City
(Carl)
Pusha Pressa Phanda
Arsenaal
(Jack Degenaar)
Cape Town
(Gerbrand Vos)
Erfsondes
(Pote du Toit)
Wasted Spring
(Hermaans Cronjé)
King Solomon's Mines
(Sir Henry)
The Wild
(Karel van Reenen)
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
(Thys Tredoux)
Musiekpaniek
(Self)
Arende
(Sloet Steenkamp)