Ian Roberts

Acting

Born Nov 30, 1951

From Fort Beaufort, South Africa

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.

Ian Roberts

Known For

Sweepers

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Mia and the White Lion

The Power of One

Tarzan and the Lost City

Tsotsi

Red Dust

I Dreamed of Africa

Cry, the Beloved Country

Bakgat!

Filmography — Acting

Sweepers

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Mia and the White Lion

The Power of One

Tarzan and the Lost City

Tsotsi

Red Dust

I Dreamed of Africa

Cry, the Beloved Country

Bakgat!

Bakgat 3

A Kind of Madness

Askari

Mandela and de Klerk

Kalahari Harry

Jane and the Lost City

Inside

In a Time of Violence: The Line

Eternity

Paljas

Cape Rebel

Cyborg Cop III

Bakgat 2

Wild Maneuvres

Babalas

Dancing in the Forest

Night of Fear

Heroes

Van der Merwe

Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux

The Race-Ist

The Windmill

The Fourth Reich

Pusha Pressa Phanda

A Reasonable Man

Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond

You Must Be Joking! Too

Number 10

The Horse Smuggler

Anna Meintjies

The Crossing

Filmography — Crew

Kalahari Harry