Ian Roberts

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 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.

Filmografi

Mia and the White Lion2018 · John's FatherTsotsi2005 · Captain SmitTremors 5: Bloodlines2015 · Den BraversSweepers1998 · YagerThe Power of One1992 · Hoppie GruenewaldI Dreamed of Africa2000 · Mike DonovanRed Dust2004 · Piet MüllerTarzan and the Lost City1998 · Captain DooleyJane and the Lost City1987 · CarlPaljas1998 · Frans3 Needles2005 · Hallyday, the Plantation OwnerA Kind of Madness2025 · Dan HartCry, the Beloved Country1995 · EvansInside1996 · Guard MoolmanAskari2001 · RipshawCyborg Cop III1995 · SheenBakgat!2008 · Basjan du PreezWild Maneuvres1985 · Corp. WhiteMandela and de Klerk1997 · Kobie CoetseeThe Fourth Reich1990 · Johannes van der WaltStuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux2013 · FransA Reasonable Man1999 · Chris Van RooyenBakgat 22010 · Basjan du PreezDancing in the Forest1988 · Thor