Acting · geboren 1951-11-30 · Fort Beaufort, South Africa

Ian Roberts

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.

Bekannt aus

• Mia und der weiße Löwe (2018) – John's Father
• Tremors 5 - Blutlinien (2015) – Den Bravers
• Tsotsi (2005) – Captain Smit
• Im Glanz der Sonne (1992) – Hoppie Gruenewald
• Quatermain und der Schatz des König Salomon (2004) – Sir Henry
• Ich träumte von Afrika (2000) – Mike Donovan
• Tarzan und die verlorene Stadt (1998) – Captain Dooley
• Red Dust (2004) – Piet Müller
• The Sweeper - Land Mines (1998) – Yager
• Reyka - Mord in Afrika (2021) – John Tyrone
• Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) – Evans
• 3 Needles (2005) – Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
• Jane und die verlorene Stadt (1987) – Carl
• Cyborg Cop III (1995) – Sheen
• Inside (1996) – Guard Moolman
• Bakgat! (2008) – Basjan du Preez
• Cape Town (2016) – Gerbrand Vos
• Paljas (1998) – Frans
• Mandela und De Klerk - Zeitenwende (1997) – Kobie Coetsee
• Boetie op Manoeuvres (1985) – Corp. White
• A Kind of Madness (2025) – Dan Hart
• In a Time of Violence: The Line (1994) – Lt. Danie Visser
• Bakgat 3 (2013) – Basjan
• The Wild (2011) – Karel van Reenen
• A Reasonable Man (1999) – Chris Van Rooyen
• Askari (2001) – Ripshaw
• The Play on One (1988) – Joseph
• Kalahari Harry (1994) – Kalahari Harry Morgan
• Arende (1989) – Sloet Steenkamp
• The Race-Ist (2010) – Noel Oosthuizen
• Die Windpomp (2014) – Doctor Rossouw
• Van der Merwe (2017) – Oupa Van der Merwe
• Dancing in the Forest (1988) – Thor
• Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond (1997) – Thys Tredoux
• Bakgat 2 (2010) – Basjan du Preez
• You Must Be Joking! Too (1987) – Various
• Heroes (1986) – Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
• Anna Meintjies (1983)
• Babalas (2013) – Boet
• The Fourth Reich (1990) – Johannes van der Walt