Ian Roberts
Age: N/A | From: Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Fort Beaufort, South Africa
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Movie Involvements: 27
TV Involvements: 5
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Mia and the White Lion
(2018) John's Father
King Solomon's Mines
(2004) Sir Henry
The Wild
(2011) Karel van Reenen
The Power of One
(1992) Hoppie Gruenewald
I Dreamed of Africa
(2000) Mike Donovan
Tsotsi
(2005) Captain Smit
Cape Town
(2016) Gerbrand Vos
Red Dust
(2004) Piet MüllerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | N/A | |
| 2018 | John's Father | |
| 2017 | Oupa Van der Merwe | |
| 2016 | Gerbrand Vos | |
| 2015 | Den Bravers | |
| 2014 | Doctor Rossouw | |
| 2013 | Frans | |
| Chris | ||
| Basjan | ||
| Boet | ||
| 2011 | Karel van Reenen | |
| 2010 | Professor Tevis Shapiro | |
| Basjan du Preez | ||
| Noel Oosthuizen | ||
| 2008 | Basjan du Preez | |
| 2007 | Pote du Toit | |
| 2006 | Marius Kramer | |
| 2005 | Captain Smit | |
| 2004 | Sir Henry | |
| Piet Müller | ||
| 2003 | Sergeant Jack Declan | |
| 2002 | Jack Degenaar | |
| 2001 | Ripshaw | |
| 2000 | Mike Donovan | |
| 1999 | Chris Van Rooyen | |
| 1998 | Yager | |
| Captain Dooley | ||
| Frans | ||
| 1997 | Kobie Coetsee | |
| 1996 | Guard Moolman | |
| 1995 | Evans | |
| Sheen | ||
| 1994 | Kalahari Harry Morgan | |
| Lt. Danie Visser | ||
| Sloet Steenkamp | ||
| 1992 | Hoppie Gruenewald | |
| 1990 | Johannes van der Walt | |
| 1988 | N/A | |
| Thor | ||
| 1987 | Carl | |
| Various | ||
| 1986 | Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez | |
| 1985 | Corp. White | |
| 1983 | N/A | |
| 1982 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Screenplay | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |