Ian Roberts
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 t...
Known For
Filmography
A Kind of Madness
2025
as Dan Hart
Appels en Tee
2025
as Jakkals Boshoff
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021
Reyka
2021
as John Tyrone
Musiekpaniek
2020
as Self
Mia and the White Lion
2018
as John's Father
Van der Merwe
2017
as Oupa Van der Merwe
Cape Town
2016
as Gerbrand Vos
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
2015
as Den Bravers
The Windmill
2014
as Doctor Rossouw
Bakgat 3
2013
as Basjan
Babalas
2013
as Boet
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
2013
as Chris
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
2013
as Frans
The Wild
2011
as Karel van Reenen
Bakgat 2
2010
as Basjan du Preez
The Race-Ist
2010
as Noel Oosthuizen
Eternity
2010
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
Bakgat!
2008
as Basjan du Preez
Erfsondes
2007
as Pote du Toit
Number 10
2006
as Marius Kramer
Tsotsi
2005
as Captain Smit
3 Needles
2005
as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
Red Dust
2004
as Piet Müller
King Solomon's Mines
2004
as Sir Henry
Arsenaal
2002
as Jack Degenaar
Askari
2001
as Ripshaw
I Dreamed of Africa
2000
as Mike Donovan
A Reasonable Man
1999
as Chris Van Rooyen
Tarzan and the Lost City
1998
as Captain Dooley
Paljas
1998
as Frans
Sweepers
1998
as Yager
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
as Kobie Coetsee
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
1997
as Thys Tredoux
Inside
1996
as Guard Moolman
Cry, the Beloved Country
1995
as Evans
Cyborg Cop III
1995
as Sheen
Kalahari Harry
1994
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
In a Time of Violence: The Line
1994
as Lt. Danie Visser
Daisy de Melker
1993
as Sid de Melker
The Power of One
1992
as Hoppie Gruenewald
The Fourth Reich
1990
as Johannes van der Walt
Cape Rebel
1989
as Sloet Steenkamp
Arende
1989
as Sloet Steenkamp
The Crossing
1988
Dancing in the Forest
1988
as Thor
The Play on One
1988
as Joseph
You Must Be Joking! Too
1987
as Various
Jane and the Lost City
1987
as Carl
Heroes
1986
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Night of Fear
1986
as Steve Vosloo
Wild Maneuvres
1985
as Corp. White
Anna Meintjies
1983
Wasted Spring
1983
as Hermaans Cronjé
The Horse Smuggler
1982