Ian Roberts
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Mia and the White Lion
John's Father
2018
Series
The Play on One
Joseph
1988
Series
The Wild
Karel van Reenen
2011
Series
Reyka
John Tyrone
2021
Film
Tsotsi
Captain Smit
2005
Series
Arende
Sloet Steenkamp
1989
Film
The Power of One
Hoppie Gruenewald
1992
Series
Erfsondes
Pote du Toit
2007
Series
King Solomon's Mines
Sir Henry
2004
Film
Cry, the Beloved Country
Evans
1995
Series
Musiekpaniek
Self
2020
Film
I Dreamed of Africa
Mike Donovan
2000
Series
Cape Town
Gerbrand Vos
2016
Series
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
Thys Tredoux
1997
Film
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Den Bravers
2015
Film
A Kind of Madness
Dan Hart
2025
Series
Appels en Tee
Jakkals Boshoff
2025
Film
Cyborg Cop III
Sheen
1995
Series
Daisy de Melker
Sid de Melker
1993
Film
Sweepers
Yager
1998
Film
3 Needles
Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
2005
Film
Tarzan and the Lost City
Captain Dooley
1998
Film
Paljas
Frans
1998
Series
Arsenaal
Jack Degenaar
2002
Film
Jane and the Lost City
Carl
1987
Film
Red Dust
Piet Müller
2004
Film
Mandela and de Klerk
Kobie Coetsee
1997
Film
Dancing in the Forest
Thor
1988
Film
The Fourth Reich
Johannes van der Walt
1990
Wasted Spring
Hermaans Cronjé
1983
Film
You Must Be Joking! Too
Various
1987
Film
Bakgat 2
Basjan du Preez
2010
Film
Askari
Ripshaw
2001
Film
Bakgat!
Basjan du Preez
2008
Film
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
Chris
2013
Film
Inside
Guard Moolman
1996
Film
In a Time of Violence: The Line
Lt. Danie Visser
1994
Film
Cape Rebel
Sloet Steenkamp
1989
Film
Van der Merwe
Oupa Van der Merwe
2017
Film
Kalahari Harry
Kalahari Harry Morgan
1994
Film
Bakgat 3
Basjan
2013
Film
Wild Maneuvres
Corp. White
1985
Film
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
Frans
2013
Film
A Reasonable Man
Chris Van Rooyen
1999
Film
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021
Number 10
Marius Kramer
2006
Film
Night of Fear
Steve Vosloo
1986
Film
The Windmill
Doctor Rossouw
2014
Film
The Race-Ist
Noel Oosthuizen
2010
Anna Meintjies
1983
Heroes
Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
1986
Eternity
Professor Tevis Shapiro
2010
Film
Babalas
Boet
2013
The Crossing
1988
The Horse Smuggler
1982