Ian Roberts
Acting
1951-11-30 · 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.
Filmography
Appels en Tee
2025 · Series
A Kind of Madness
2025 · Movie
Reyka
2021 · Series
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021 · Movie
Musiekpaniek
2020 · Series
Mia and the White Lion
2018 · Movie
Van der Merwe
2017 · Movie
Cape Town
2016 · Series
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
2015 · Movie
The Windmill
2014 · Movie
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
2013 · Movie
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
2013 · Movie
Bakgat 3
2013 · Movie
Babalas
2013 · Movie
The Wild
2011 · Series
Eternity
2010 · Movie
Bakgat 2
2010 · Movie
The Race-Ist
2010 · Movie
Bakgat!
2008 · Movie
Erfsondes
2007 · Series
Number 10
2006 · Movie
Tsotsi
2005 · Movie
3 Needles
2005 · Movie
King Solomon's Mines
2004 · Series
Red Dust
2004 · Movie
Arsenaal
2002 · Series
Askari
2001 · Movie
I Dreamed of Africa
2000 · Movie
A Reasonable Man
1999 · Movie
Sweepers
1998 · Movie
Tarzan and the Lost City
1998 · Movie
Paljas
1998 · Movie
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
1997 · Series
Mandela and de Klerk
1997 · Movie
Inside
1996 · Movie
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995 · Movie
Cyborg Cop III
1995 · Movie
Kalahari Harry
1994 · Movie
In a Time of Violence: The Line
1994 · Movie
Daisy de Melker
1993 · Series
The Power of One
1992 · Movie
The Fourth Reich
1990 · Movie
Arende
1989 · Series
Cape Rebel
1989 · Movie
The Crossing
1988 · Movie
The Play on One
1988 · Series
Dancing in the Forest
1988 · Movie
Jane and the Lost City
1987 · Movie
You Must Be Joking! Too
1987 · Movie
Heroes
1986 · Movie
Night of Fear
1986 · Movie
Wild Maneuvres
1985 · Movie
Anna Meintjies
1983 · Movie
Wasted Spring
1983 · Series
The Horse Smuggler
1982 · Movie