Ian Roberts

Actor

Born: November 30, 1951 (age 74)
From: 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…

Filmography (42)

A Kind of Madness (2025)
Dan Hart
Pusha Pressa Phanda (2021)
Mia and the White Lion (2018)
John's Father
Van der Merwe (2017)
Oupa Van der Merwe
Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015)
Den Bravers
The Windmill (2014)
Doctor Rossouw
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux (2013)
Frans
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond (2013)
Chris
Bakgat 3 (2013)
Basjan
Babalas (2013)
Boet
Eternity
Eternity (2010)
Professor Tevis Shapiro
Bakgat 2 (2010)
Basjan du Preez
The Race-Ist (2010)
Noel Oosthuizen
Bakgat! (2008)
Basjan du Preez
Number 10
Number 10 (2006)
Marius Kramer
Tsotsi (2005)
Captain Smit
3 Needles (2005)
Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
Red Dust (2004)
Piet Müller
Askari (2001)
Ripshaw
I Dreamed of Africa (2000)
Mike Donovan
A Reasonable Man (1999)
Chris Van Rooyen
Sweepers (1998)
Yager
Tarzan and the Lost City (1998)
Captain Dooley
Paljas (1998)
Frans
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Kobie Coetsee
Inside (1996)
Guard Moolman
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Evans
Cyborg Cop III (1995)
Sheen
Kalahari Harry (1994)
Kalahari Harry Morgan
In a Time of Violence: The Line (1994)
Lt. Danie Visser