Ian Roberts
Birthday
1951/11/30 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Also know as
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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 t...Read more
Acting
(2008) Bakgat!
as Basjan du Preez
(1995) Cry, the Beloved Country
as Evans
(2004) Red Dust
as Piet Müller
(1998) Tarzan and the Lost City
as Captain Dooley
(2010) Bakgat 2
as Basjan du Preez
(1987) You Must Be Joking! Too
as Various
(1998) Paljas
as Frans
(1988) The Crossing
as ---
(1999) A Reasonable Man
as Chris Van Rooyen
(1985) Wild Maneuvres
as Corp. White
(1994) Kalahari Harry
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
(1986) Heroes
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
(1982) The Horse Smuggler
as ---
(1983) Anna Meintjies
as ---
(2001) Askari
as Ripshaw
(1989) Cape Rebel
as Sloet Steenkamp
(2013) Bakgat 3
as Basjan
(2010) The Race-Ist
as Noel Oosthuizen
(2010) Eternity
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
(2013) Babalas
as Boet
(1990) The Fourth Reich
as Johannes van der Walt
(2013) Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
as Chris
(2014) The Windmill
as Doctor Rossouw
(2013) Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
as Frans
(2005) Tsotsi
as Captain Smit
(2000) I Dreamed of Africa
as Mike Donovan
(1996) Inside
as Guard Moolman
(1998) Sweepers
as Yager
(2015) Tremors 5: Bloodlines
as Den Bravers
(2017) Van der Merwe
as Oupa Van der Merwe
(1988) Dancing in the Forest
as Thor
(2018) Mia and the White Lion
as John's Father
(1994) In a Time of Violence: The Line
as Lt. Danie Visser
(1995) Cyborg Cop III
as Sheen
(1992) The Power of One
as Hoppie Gruenewald
(2006) Number 10
as Marius Kramer
(1997) Mandela and de Klerk
as Kobie Coetsee
(1987) Jane and the Lost City
as Carl
(2021) Pusha Pressa Phanda
as ---
(2002) Arsenaal
as Jack Degenaar
(2016) Cape Town
as Gerbrand Vos
(2007) Erfsondes
as Pote du Toit
(1983) Wasted Spring
as Hermaans Cronjé
(2004) King Solomon's Mines
as Sir Henry
(2011) The Wild
as Karel van Reenen
(1997) Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
as Thys Tredoux
(2020) Musiekpaniek
as Self
(1989) Arende
as Sloet Steenkamp