Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1951-11-30 (Age: 75)
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Ian Roberts
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.
Filmography (41)
A Kind of Madness
2025
Pusha Pressa Phanda
2021
Mia and the White Lion
2018
Van der Merwe
2017
Tremors 5: Bloodlines
2015
The Windmill
2014
Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
2013
Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
2013
Bakgat 3
2013
Babalas
2013Eternity
2010
Bakgat 2
2010
The Race-Ist
2010
