Ian Roberts
Actor, Writer
November 30, 1951 (74 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
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Filmography
| 2025 | A Kind of Madness · as Dan Hart |
| 2021 | Reyka · as John Tyrone |
| 2018 | Mia and the White Lion · as John's FatherOn Plex |
| 2017 | The Forgiven · as Colonel |
| 2017 | Van der Merwe · as Oupa Van Der Merwe |
| 2015 | Cape Town · as Gerbrand VosOn Plex |
| 2015 | Tremors 5: Bloodlines · as Den Bravers |
| 2014 | Die Windpomp · as Doctor Rossouw |
| 2013 | Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux · as Frans |
| 2013 | Bakgat! tot die mag 3 · as Basjan |
| 2011 | The Wild · 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 OosthuizenOn Plex |
| 2008 | Disgrace · as EttingerOn Plex |
| 2008 | Bakgat! · as Basjan Du Preez |
| 2006 | Coup! · as Nick Du Toit |
| 2006 | Number 10 · as Marius Kramer |
| 2005 | Tsotsi · as Captain SmitOn Plex |
| 2005 | 3 Needles · as Hallyday, The Plantation Owner |
| 2005 | Wah-Wah · as John TraherneOn Plex |
| 2004 | King Solomon's Mines · as Sir Henry |
| 2004 | Red Dust · as Piet MüllerOn Plex |
| 2004 | Zulu Love Letter · as Moolman |
| 2003 | Hoodlum & Son · as Earl |
| 2002 | Promised Land · as Gerhard Snyman |
| 2001 | Askari · as RipshawOn Plex |
| 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 YagerOn Plex |
| 1998 | Tarzan and the Lost City · as Captain Dooley |
| 1997 | Black Velvet Band · as Dwyer |
| 1997 | Mandela and de Klerk · as Kobie CoetseeOn Plex |
| 1997 | Paljas · as Frans |
| 1996 | Rhodes · as Johann Colenbrander |
| 1996 | Tarzan: The Epic Adventures · as Chief Inspector HansenOn Plex |
| 1996 | Inside · as Guard MoolmanOn Plex |
| 1995 | Cyborg Cop III · as SheenOn Plex |
| 1995 | Cry, the Beloved Country · as Evans |
| 1994 | The Line · as Lt. Danie Visser |
| 1992 | The Power of One · as Hoppie Gruenewald |
| 1989 | Arende · as Sloet Steenkamp |
| 1989 | Dancing in the Forest · as Thor |
| 1988 | The Play on One · as Joseph |
| 1987 | Jane and the Lost City · as CarlOn Plex |
| 1987 | You Must Be Joking Too! · as Various |
| 1985 | Wild Maneuvers · as Corp. White |
| 1984 | Screen Two · as Sergeant Smit |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Free Space Company |