Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

ActorWriter Nov 30 (age 74) Fort Beaufort, South Africa 1982–2025 (43 year career)

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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

Mia and the White Lion

Mia and the White Lion

John's Father

Tsotsi

Tsotsi

Captain Smit

The Power of One

The Power of One

Hoppie Gruenewald

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Den Bravers

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

Sir Henry

I Dreamed of Africa

I Dreamed of Africa

Mike Donovan

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

Evans

Red Dust

Red Dust

Piet Müller

Filmography

Acting (52)

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Movies (41)

A Kind of Madness

A Kind of Madness

as Dan Hart

Pusha Pressa Phanda

Pusha Pressa Phanda

Mia and the White Lion

Mia and the White Lion

as John's Father

Van der Merwe

Van der Merwe

as Oupa Van der Merwe

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

as Den Bravers

The Windmill

The Windmill

as Doctor Rossouw

Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux

Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux

as Frans

Babalas

Babalas

as Boet

Bakgat 3

Bakgat 3

as Basjan

Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond

Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond

as Chris

The Race-Ist

The Race-Ist

as Noel Oosthuizen

Eternity

as Professor Tevis Shapiro

Bakgat 2

Bakgat 2

as Basjan du Preez

Bakgat!

Bakgat!

as Basjan du Preez

Number 10

as Marius Kramer

Tsotsi

Tsotsi

as Captain Smit

Red Dust

Red Dust

as Piet Müller

Askari

Askari

as Ripshaw

I Dreamed of Africa

I Dreamed of Africa

as Mike Donovan

A Reasonable Man

as Chris Van Rooyen

Sweepers

Sweepers

as Yager

Paljas

Paljas

as Frans

Tarzan and the Lost City

Tarzan and the Lost City

as Captain Dooley

Mandela and de Klerk

Mandela and de Klerk

as Kobie Coetsee

Inside

Inside

as Guard Moolman

Cyborg Cop III

Cyborg Cop III

as Sheen

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

as Evans

In a Time of Violence: The Line

In a Time of Violence: The Line

as Lt. Danie Visser

Kalahari Harry

Kalahari Harry

as Kalahari Harry Morgan

The Power of One

The Power of One

as Hoppie Gruenewald

The Fourth Reich

The Fourth Reich

as Johannes van der Walt

Cape Rebel

Cape Rebel

as Sloet Steenkamp

The Crossing

Dancing in the Forest

Dancing in the Forest

as Thor

Jane and the Lost City

Jane and the Lost City

as Carl

You Must Be Joking! Too

You Must Be Joking! Too

as Various

Night of Fear

Night of Fear

as Steve Vosloo

Heroes

as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez

Wild Maneuvres

Wild Maneuvres

as Corp. White

Anna Meintjies

The Horse Smuggler

Television (11)

Appels en Tee

Appels en Tee

as Jakkals Boshoff

Musiekpaniek

Musiekpaniek

as Self

Cape Town

Cape Town

as Gerbrand Vos

The Wild

The Wild

as Karel van Reenen

Erfsondes

Erfsondes

as Pote du Toit

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

as Sir Henry

Arsenaal

Arsenaal

as Jack Degenaar

Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond

Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond

as Thys Tredoux

Daisy de Melker

Daisy de Melker

as Sid de Melker

Arende

Arende

as Sloet Steenkamp

Wasted Spring

as Hermaans Cronjé

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Kalahari Harry

Kalahari Harry

Screenplay