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. Andrews Preparatory School and St. Andrews 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.
Basjan du Preez
Film 2008
Evans
Film 1995
Piet Müller
Film 2004
Captain Dooley
Film 1998
Basjan du Preez
Film 2010
Various
Film 1987
Frans
Film 1998
Film 1988
Chris Van Rooyen
Film 1999
Corp. White
Film 1985
Kalahari Harry Morgan
Film 1994
Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
Film 1986
Film 1982
Film 1983
Ripshaw
Film 2001
Sloet Steenkamp
Film 1989
Basjan
Film 2013
Noel Oosthuizen
Film 2010
Professor Tevis Shapiro
Film 2010
Boet
Film 2013
Johannes van der Walt
Film 1990
Chris
Film 2013
Doctor Rossouw
Film 2014
Frans
Film 2013
Captain Smit
Film 2005
Guard Moolman
Film 1996
Yager
Film 1998
Oupa Van der Merwe
Film 2017
Thor
Film 1988
John's Father
Film 2018
Lt. Danie Visser
Film 1994
Sheen
Film 1995
Marius Kramer
Film 2006
Kobie Coetsee
Film 1997
Carl
Film 1987
Film 2021
Jack Degenaar
Tv 2002
Gerbrand Vos
Tv 2016
Pote du Toit
Tv 2007
Hermaans Cronjé
Tv 1983
Sir Henry
Tv 2004
Karel van Reenen
Tv 2011
Thys Tredoux
Tv 1997
Self
Tv 2020
Sloet Steenkamp
Tv 1989