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Lonesome

as

2023
Van der Merwe

as Oupa Van der Merwe

2017
Tremors 5: Bloodlines

as Den Bravers

2015
Bakgat 3

as Basjan

2013
Babalas

as Boet

2013
Bakgat 2

as Basjan du Preez

2010
Eternity

as Professor Tevis Shapiro

2010
Bakgat!

as Basjan du Preez

2008
King Solomon's Mines

as Sir Henry

2004
Red Dust

as Piet Müller

2004
Tarzan and the Lost City

as Captain Dooley

1998
Sweepers

as Yager

1998
Mandela and de Klerk

as Kobie Coetsee

1997
Inside

as Guard Moolman

1996
Ian Roberts Ian Roberts

Birthday

1951-11-30

Place of Birth

Fort Beaufort, South Africa

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.
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