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Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

Birthday: 1951-11-30 | Place of Birth: Fort Beaufort, South Africa

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2017
Van der Merwe

as    Oupa Van der Merwe

2016
Cape Town

as    Gerbrand Vos

2015
Tremors 5: Bloodlines

as    Den Bravers

2013
Bakgat 3

as    Basjan

2013
Babalas

as    Boet

2011
The Wild

as    Karel van Reenen

2010
Bakgat 2

as    Basjan du Preez

2010
Eternity

as    Professor Tevis Shapiro

2008
Bakgat!

as    Basjan du Preez

2004
Red Dust

as    Piet Müller

2004
King Solomon's Mines

as    Sir Henry

1998
Tarzan and the Lost City

as    Captain Dooley

1998
Sweepers

as    Yager

1997
Mandela and de Klerk

as    Kobie Coetsee

1996
Inside

as    Guard Moolman