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