Acting credits
46
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
Ian Roberts
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 36Series: 10Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1035098
IMDb ID: nm0731167
Known for: Acting
Born: November 30, 1951
Age: 74
Place of birth: Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1985 - 2025
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 5.99
Wikidata: Q5982743
Other jobs
Screenplay (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ian Roberts.
7.5
A Kind of Madness
as Dan Hart
2025 Movie
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021 Movie
7.3
Mia and the White Lion
as John's Father
2018 Movie
7.5
Van der Merwe
as Oupa Van der Merwe
2017 Movie
5.5
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
as Den Bravers
2015 Movie
4.8
The Windmill
as Doctor Rossouw
2014 Movie
7.0
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
as Frans
2013 Movie
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
as Chris
2013 Movie
5.1
Bakgat 3
as Basjan
2013 Movie
5.5
Babalas
as Boet
2013 Movie
6.0
Bakgat 2
as Basjan du Preez
2010 Movie
10.0
The Race-Ist
as Noel Oosthuizen
2010 Movie
5.7
Bakgat!
as Basjan du Preez
2008 Movie
Number 10
as Marius Kramer
2006 Movie
7.0
Tsotsi
as Captain Smit
2005 Movie
5.8
Red Dust
as Piet Müller
2004 Movie
5.5
Askari
as Ripshaw
2001 Movie
5.4
I Dreamed of Africa
as Mike Donovan
2000 Movie
4.5
A Reasonable Man
as Chris Van Rooyen
1999 Movie
4.3
Sweepers
as Yager
1998 Movie
4.2
Tarzan and the Lost City
as Captain Dooley
1998 Movie
7.2
Paljas
as Frans
1998 Movie
6.5
Mandela and de Klerk
as Kobie Coetsee
1997 Movie
4.3
Inside
as Guard Moolman
1996 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ian Roberts.
10.0
Appels en Tee
as Jakkals Boshoff • 10 eps
2025 Series
7.0
Musiekpaniek
as Self • 1 eps
2020 Series
5.7
Cape Town
as Gerbrand Vos • 6 eps
2016 Series
2.8
The Wild
as Karel van Reenen • 415 eps
2011 Series
9.0
Erfsondes
as Pote du Toit • 26 eps
2007 Series
6.2
King Solomon's Mines
as Sir Henry • 2 eps
2004 Series
8.0
Arsenaal
as Jack Degenaar • 10 eps
2002 Series
8.5
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
as Thys Tredoux • 20 eps
1997 Series
9.0
Daisy de Melker
as Sid de Melker • 4 eps
1993 Series
Arende
as Sloet Steenkamp • 33 eps
1989 Series