Ian Roberts
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-11-30 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Also known As
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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 Coll...
Acting
2008
as Basjan du Preez
1995
as Evans
2004
as Piet Müller
1998
as Captain Dooley
2010
as Basjan du Preez
1987
as Various
1998
as Frans
1988
1999
as Chris Van Rooyen
1985
as Corp. White
1994
as Kalahari Harry Morgan
1986
as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
1983
2001
as Ripshaw
1989
as Sloet Steenkamp
2013
as Basjan
2010
as Noel Oosthuizen
2010
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
2013
as Boet
1990
as Johannes van der Walt
2013
as Chris
2014
as Doctor Rossouw
2013
as Frans
2005
as Captain Smit
2000
as Mike Donovan
1996
as Guard Moolman
1998
as Yager
2015
as Den Bravers
2017
as Oupa Van der Merwe
1988
as Thor
2018
as John's Father
1995
as Sheen
1994
as Lt. Danie Visser
1992
as Hoppie Gruenewald
2006
as Marius Kramer
1997
as Kobie Coetsee
1987
as Carl
2025
as Dan Hart
Production
1994
as Screenplay
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