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Ian Roberts

Actor, Writer
Born November 30, 1951 (72 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • The Power of One
  • Mia and the White Lion
  • Disgrace
  • Wah-Wah
  • Red Dust
  • Mandela and de Klerk
  • Cape Town
  • Inside
  • Tarzan: The Epic Adventures
  • Askari
  • Fast and Frantic
Known For
  • Red Dust
  • King Solomon's Mines
  • Sweepers
  • Tarzan and the Lost City
  • Malunde
  • Blake Shelton's Not So Family Christmas
  • Mandela and de Klerk
  • Jane and the Lost City
  • Inside
  • Promised Land
  • Die Windpomp
  • A Reasonable Man
  • Askari
  • Cyborg Cop III
  • Hoodlum & Son
  • Arende
  • Fast and Frantic
  • Van der Merwe
  • Dancing in the Forest
  • Wild Maneuvres
  • The Wild
  • Coup!

Filmography

2021
Reyka (TV Series) · as John Tyrone
2018
2017
The Forgiven · as Colonel
2017
Van der Merwe · as Oupa Van Der Merwe
2015
Cape Town (TV Series) · as Gerbrand Vos
2015
Tremors 5: Bloodlines · as Den Bravers
2014
Die Windpomp · as Doctor Rossouw
2013
2013
2011
The Wild (TV Series) · as Karel Van Reenen
2010
Eternity · as Professor Tevis Shapiro
2010
Bakgat! II · as Basjan Du Preez
2010
At Ellen's Age · as Hagan
2010
Fast and Frantic · as Noel Oosthuizen
2008
Disgrace · as Ettinger
2008
Bakgat! · as Basjan Du Preez
2006
Coup! · as Nick Du Toit
2006
Number 10 · as Marius Kramer
2005
Tsotsi · as Captain Smit
2005
3 Needles · as Hallyday, The Plantation Owner
2005
Wah-Wah · as John Traherne
2004
King Solomon's Mines (TV Series) · as Sir Henry
2004
Red Dust · as Piet Müller
2004
Zulu Love Letter · as Moolman
2003
Hoodlum & Son · as Earl
2002
Promised Land · as Gerhard Snyman
2001
Askari · as Ripshaw
2001
Malunde · as Kobus Malan
2001
High Explosive · as General Vandamm
2000
I Dreamed of Africa · as Mike Donovan
1999
A Reasonable Man · as Chris Van Rooyen
1998
Sweepers · as Yager
1998
Tarzan and the Lost City · as Captain Dooley
1997
Black Velvet Band · as Dwyer
1997
Mandela and de Klerk · as Kobie Coetsee
1997
Paljas · as Frans
1996
Rhodes (TV Series) · as Johann Colenbrander
1996
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (TV Series) · as Chief Inspector Hansen
1996
Inside · as Guard Moolman
1995
Cyborg Cop III · as Sheen
1995
1994
The Line · as Lt. Danie Visser
1992
The Power of One · as Hoppie Gruenewald
1989
Arende (TV Series) · as Sloet Steenkamp
1989
1988
The Play on One (TV Series) · as Joseph
1987
1987
1985
Wild Maneuvres · as Corp. White
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Sergeant Smit
1980
American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Free Space Company

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