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Ian Roberts
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 se…
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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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2025
Appels en Tee
TV show Jakkals Boshoff
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2025
A Kind of Madness
Movie Dan Hart
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2021
Reyka
TV show John Tyrone
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2021
Pusha Pressa Phanda
Movie
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2020
Musiekpaniek
TV show Self
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2018
Mia and the White Lion
Movie John's Father
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2017
Van der Merwe
Movie Oupa Van der Merwe
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2016
Cape Town
TV show Gerbrand Vos
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2015
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
Movie Den Bravers
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2014
The Windmill
Movie Doctor Rossouw
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2013
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
Movie Frans
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2013
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
Movie Chris
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2013
Bakgat 3
Movie Basjan
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2013
Babalas
Movie Boet
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2011
The Wild
TV show Karel van Reenen
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2010
Eternity
Movie Professor Tevis Shapiro
More credits
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2010
Bakgat 2
Movie Basjan du Preez
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2010
The Race-Ist
Movie Noel Oosthuizen
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2008
Bakgat!
Movie Basjan du Preez
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2007
Erfsondes
TV show Pote du Toit
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2006
Number 10
Movie Marius Kramer
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2005
Tsotsi
Movie Captain Smit
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2005
3 Needles
Movie Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
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2004
King Solomon's Mines
TV show Sir Henry
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2004
Red Dust
Movie Piet Müller
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2002
Arsenaal
TV show Jack Degenaar
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2001
Askari
Movie Ripshaw
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2000
I Dreamed of Africa
Movie Mike Donovan
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1999
A Reasonable Man
Movie Chris Van Rooyen
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1998
Sweepers
Movie Yager
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1998
Tarzan and the Lost City
Movie Captain Dooley
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1998
Paljas
Movie Frans
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1997
Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
TV show Thys Tredoux
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1997
Mandela and de Klerk
Movie Kobie Coetsee
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1996
Inside
Movie Guard Moolman
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1995
Cry, the Beloved Country
Movie Evans
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1995
Cyborg Cop III
Movie Sheen
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1994
Kalahari Harry
Movie Kalahari Harry Morgan
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1994
In a Time of Violence: The Line
Movie Lt. Danie Visser
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1993
Daisy de Melker
TV show Sid de Melker
