Ian Roberts
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.
Known For
Basjan du Preez
Bakgat!
Evans
Cry, the Beloved Country
Piet Müller
Red Dust
Captain Dooley
Tarzan and the Lost City
Basjan du Preez
Bakgat 2
Various
You Must Be Joking! Too
Frans
Paljas
The Crossing
Chris Van Rooyen
A Reasonable Man
Corp. White
Boetie op Manoeuvres
Kalahari Harry Morgan
Kalahari Harry
Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Heroes
Anna Meintjies
Die Perdesmous
Ripshaw
Askari
Sloet Steenkamp
Arende
Basjan
Bakgat 3
Noel Oosthuizen
The Race-Ist
Professor Tevis Shapiro
Eternity
Boet
Babalas
Johannes van der Walt
The Fourth Reich
Chris
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
Doctor Rossouw
Die Windpomp
Frans
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
Captain Smit
Tsotsi
Mike Donovan
I Dreamed of Africa
Guard Moolman
Inside
Yager
Sweepers
Den Bravers
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Oupa Van der Merwe
Van der Merwe
Thor
Dancing in the Forest
John's Father
Mia et le lion blanc
Lt. Danie Visser
In a Time of Violence: The Line
Sheen
Cyborg Cop III
Hoppie Gruenewald
The Power of One
Marius Kramer
Number 10
Kobie Coetsee
Mandela and de Klerk
Carl
Jane and the Lost City
Pusha Pressa Phanda
Dan Hart
A Kind of Madness
Steve Vosloo
Nag van Vrees
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
41
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-11-30
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Also Known As