Ian Roberts

Birthday:: 11/30/1951
Place of birth:: 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.

Credits

	A Kind of Madness (2025) as Dan Hart
	Pusha Pressa Phanda (2021)
	Mia et le lion blanc (2018) as John's Father
	Van der Merwe (2017) as Oupa Van der Merwe
	Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) as Den Bravers
	Die Windpomp (2014) as Doctor Rossouw
	Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux (2013) as Frans
	Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond (2013) as Chris
	Bakgat 3 (2013) as Basjan
	Babalas (2013) as Boet
	Eternity (2010) as Professor Tevis Shapiro
	Bakgat 2 (2010) as Basjan du Preez
	The Race-Ist (2010) as Noel Oosthuizen
	Bakgat! (2008) as Basjan du Preez
	Number 10 (2006) as Marius Kramer
	Tsotsi (2005) as Captain Smit
	3 Needles (2005) as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
	Red Dust (2004) as Piet Müller
	Askari (2001) as Ripshaw
	I Dreamed of Africa (2000) as Mike Donovan
	A Reasonable Man (1999) as Chris Van Rooyen
	Sweepers (1998) as Yager
	Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) as Captain Dooley
	Paljas (1998) as Frans
	Mandela and de Klerk (1997) as Kobie Coetsee
	Inside (1996) as Guard Moolman
	Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) as Evans
	Cyborg Cop III (1995) as Sheen
	Kalahari Harry (1994) as Kalahari Harry Morgan
	In a Time of Violence: The Line (1994) as Lt. Danie Visser
	The Power of One (1992) as Hoppie Gruenewald
	The Fourth Reich (1990) as Johannes van der Walt
	Arende (1989) as Sloet Steenkamp
	The Crossing (1988)
	Dancing in the Forest (1988) as Thor
	Jane and the Lost City (1987) as Carl
	You Must Be Joking! Too (1987) as Various
	Heroes (1986) as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
	Nag van Vrees (1986) as Steve Vosloo
	Boetie op Manoeuvres (1985) as Corp. White
	Anna Meintjies (1983)
	Die Perdesmous (1982)

	Kalahari Harry Screenplay