Acting · Fort Beaufort, South Africa · Born November 30, 1951
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.
TVAppels en Tee
2025
as Jakkals Boshoff
MovieA Kind of Madness
2025
as Dan Hart
TVReyka
2021
as John Tyrone
MoviePusha Pressa Phanda
2021
TVMusiekpaniek
2020
as Self
MovieMia and the White Lion
2018
as John's Father
MovieVan der Merwe
2017
as Oupa Van der Merwe
TVCape Town
2016
as Gerbrand Vos
MovieTremors 5: Bloodlines
2015
as Den Bravers
MovieThe Windmill
2014
as Doctor Rossouw
MovieStuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
2013
as Frans
MovieMusiek Vir Die Agtergrond
2013
as Chris
MovieBakgat 3
2013
as Basjan
MovieBabalas
2013
as Boet
TVThe Wild
2011
as Karel van Reenen
Eternity
2010
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
MovieBakgat 2
2010
as Basjan du Preez
MovieThe Race-Ist
2010
as Noel Oosthuizen
MovieBakgat!
2008
as Basjan du Preez
TVErfsondes
2007
as Pote du Toit
Number 10
2006
as Marius Kramer
MovieTsotsi
2005
as Captain Smit
Movie3 Needles
2005
as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
TVKing Solomon's Mines
2004
as Sir Henry
MovieRed Dust
2004
as Piet Müller
TVArsenaal
2002
as Jack Degenaar
MovieAskari
2001
as Ripshaw
MovieI Dreamed of Africa
2000
as Mike Donovan
MovieA Reasonable Man
1999
as Chris Van Rooyen
MovieSweepers
1998
as Yager
MovieTarzan and the Lost City
1998
as Captain Dooley
MoviePaljas
1998
as Frans
TVOnder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
1997
as Thys Tredoux
MovieMandela and de Klerk
1997
as Kobie Coetsee
MovieInside
1996
as Guard Moolman
MovieCry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Evans
MovieCyborg Cop III
1995
as Sheen
MovieKalahari Harry
1994
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
MovieIn a Time of Violence: The Line
1994
as Lt. Danie Visser
TVDaisy de Melker
1993
as Sid de Melker
MovieThe Power of One
1992
as Hoppie Gruenewald
MovieThe Fourth Reich
1990
as Johannes van der Walt
MovieCape Rebel
1989
as Sloet Steenkamp
TVArende
1989
as Sloet Steenkamp
The Crossing
1988
TVThe Play on One
1988
as Joseph
MovieDancing in the Forest
1988
as Thor
MovieJane and the Lost City
1987
as Carl
MovieYou Must Be Joking! Too
1987
as Various
Heroes
1986
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
MovieNight of Fear
1986
as Steve Vosloo
MovieWild Maneuvres
1985
as Corp. White
Anna Meintjies
1983
Wasted Spring
1983
as Hermaans Cronjé
The Horse Smuggler
1982
