Ian Roberts
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 30, 1951 (age 74)
- Birthplace
- Fort Beaufort, South Africa
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
Filmography
A Kind of Madness
Movie · as Dan Hart
Appels en Tee
TV · as Jakkals Boshoff · 10 eps
Pusha Pressa Phanda
Movie
Reyka
TV · as John Tyrone · 8 eps
Musiekpaniek
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Mia and the White Lion
Movie · as John's Father
Van der Merwe
Movie · as Oupa Van der Merwe
Cape Town
TV · as Gerbrand Vos · 6 eps
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Movie · as Den Bravers
The Windmill
Movie · as Doctor Rossouw
Bakgat 3
Movie · as Basjan
Babalas
Movie · as Boet
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
Movie · as Chris
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
Movie · as Frans
The Wild
TV · as Karel van Reenen · 415 eps
Bakgat 2
Movie · as Basjan du Preez
The Race-Ist
Movie · as Noel Oosthuizen
Eternity
Movie · as Professor Tevis Shapiro
Bakgat!
Movie · as Basjan du Preez
Erfsondes
TV · as Pote du Toit · 26 eps
Number 10
Movie · as Marius Kramer
Tsotsi
Movie · as Captain Smit
3 Needles
Movie · as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
Red Dust
Movie · as Piet Müller
King Solomon's Mines
TV · as Sir Henry · 2 eps
Arsenaal
TV · as Jack Degenaar · 10 eps
Askari
Movie · as Ripshaw
I Dreamed of Africa
Movie · as Mike Donovan
A Reasonable Man
Movie · as Chris Van Rooyen
Tarzan and the Lost City
Movie · as Captain Dooley
Paljas
Movie · as Frans
Sweepers
Movie · as Yager
Mandela and de Klerk
Movie · as Kobie Coetsee
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
TV · as Thys Tredoux · 20 eps
Inside
Movie · as Guard Moolman
Cry, the Beloved Country
Movie · as Evans
Cyborg Cop III
Movie · as Sheen
Kalahari Harry
Movie · as Kalahari Harry Morgan
In a Time of Violence: The Line
Movie · as Lt. Danie Visser
Daisy de Melker
TV · as Sid de Melker · 4 eps
The Power of One
Movie · as Hoppie Gruenewald
The Fourth Reich
Movie · as Johannes van der Walt
Cape Rebel
Movie · as Sloet Steenkamp
Arende
TV · as Sloet Steenkamp · 33 eps
The Crossing
Movie
Dancing in the Forest
Movie · as Thor
The Play on One
TV · as Joseph · 1 ep
You Must Be Joking! Too
Movie · as Various
Jane and the Lost City
Movie · as Carl
Heroes
Movie · as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Night of Fear
Movie · as Steve Vosloo
Wild Maneuvres
Movie · as Corp. White
Anna Meintjies
Movie
Wasted Spring
TV · as Hermaans Cronjé · 1 ep
The Horse Smuggler
Movie