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.
Fotos
Películas (42)
A Kind of Madness
2025 · Dan Hart
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021
Mi mascota es un león
2018 · John's Father
Van der Merwe
2017 · Oupa Van der Merwe
Terror bajo la Tierra 5: Líneas de sangre
2015 · Den Bravers
The Windmill
2014 · Doctor Rossouw
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
2013 · Frans
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
2013 · Chris
Bakgat 3
2013 · Basjan
Babalas
2013 · Boet
Eternity
2010 · Professor Tevis Shapiro
Bakgat 2
2010 · Basjan du Preez
The Race-Ist
2010 · Noel Oosthuizen
Bakgat!
2008 · Basjan du Preez
Number 10
2006 · Marius Kramer
Tsotsi
2005 · Captain Smit
3 Agujas
2005 · Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
Un Grito de Esperanza
2004 · Piet Müller
Askari
2001 · Ripshaw
Soñé con África
2000 · Mike Donovan
A Reasonable Man
1999 · Chris Van Rooyen
Sweepers
1998 · Yager
Tarzan and the Lost City
1998 · Captain Dooley
Paljas
1998 · Frans
Mandela and de Klerk
1997 · Kobie Coetsee
Inside
1996 · Guard Moolman
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995 · Evans
Cyborg Cop III
1995 · Sheen
Kalahari Harry
1994 · Kalahari Harry Morgan, Screenplay
In a Time of Violence: The Line
1994 · Lt. Danie Visser
The Power of One
1992 · Hoppie Gruenewald
The Fourth Reich
1990 · Johannes van der Walt
Cape Rebel
1989 · Sloet Steenkamp
The Crossing
1988
Dancing in the Forest
1988 · Thor
Jane and the Lost City
1987 · Carl
You Must Be Joking! Too
1987 · Various
Heroes
1986 · Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Night of Fear
1986 · Steve Vosloo
Wild Maneuvres
1985 · Corp. White
Anna Meintjies
1983
The Horse Smuggler
1982
Series (13)
Appels en Tee
2025 · Jakkals Boshoff
Reyka
2021 · John Tyrone
Musiekpaniek
2020 · Self
Cape Town
2016 · Gerbrand Vos
The Wild
2011 · Karel van Reenen
Erfsondes
2007 · Pote du Toit
Las Minas del Rey Salomon
2004 · Sir Henry
Arsenaal
2002 · Jack Degenaar
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
1997 · Thys Tredoux
Daisy de Melker
1993 · Sid de Melker
Arende
1989 · Sloet Steenkamp
The Play on One
1988 · Joseph
Wasted Spring
1983 · Hermaans Cronjé