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Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

Known For Acting
Birthday Nov 30, 1951 (73)
Birthplace Fort Beaufort, South Africa
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 rai ... sed 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.

Known For

Filmography

A Kind of Madness

A Kind of Madness

2025

as Dan Hart

Van der Merwe

Van der Merwe

2017

as Oupa Van der Merwe

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

2015

as Den Bravers

Bakgat 3

Bakgat 3

2013

as Basjan

The Race-Ist

The Race-Ist

2010

as Noel Oosthuizen

Bakgat 2

Bakgat 2

2010

as Basjan du Preez

Bakgat!

Bakgat!

2008

as Basjan du Preez

Number 10

Number 10

2006

as Marius Kramer

Red Dust

Red Dust

2004

as Piet Müller

Askari

Askari

2001

as Ripshaw

I Dreamed of Africa

I Dreamed of Africa

2000

as Mike Donovan

A Reasonable Man

A Reasonable Man

1999

as Chris Van Rooyen

Sweepers

Sweepers

1998

as Yager

Tarzan and the Lost City

Tarzan and the Lost City

1998

as Captain Dooley

Inside

Inside

1996

as Guard Moolman

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995

as Evans

Cyborg Cop III

Cyborg Cop III

1995

as Sheen

Kalahari Harry

Kalahari Harry

1994

as Kalahari Harry Morgan

In a Time of Violence: The Line

In a Time of Violence: The Line

1994

as Lt. Danie Visser

The Power of One

The Power of One

1992

as Hoppie Gruenewald

The Fourth Reich

The Fourth Reich

1990

as Johannes van der Walt

Cape Rebel

Cape Rebel

1989

as Sloet Steenkamp

Dancing in the Forest

Dancing in the Forest

1988

as Thor

Jane and the Lost City

Jane and the Lost City

1987

as Carl

You Must Be Joking! Too

You Must Be Joking! Too

1987

as Various

Heroes

Heroes

1986

as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez

Kalahari Harry

Kalahari Harry

1994

Screenplay

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Wild

as Karel van Reenen

Episodes: 415

First Aired: Apr 04, 2011

Arende

as Sloet Steenkamp

Episodes: 33

First Aired: Apr 27, 1989

Erfsondes

as Pote du Toit

Episodes: 26

First Aired: Jul 03, 2007

Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond

as Thys Tredoux

Episodes: 20

First Aired: Aug 06, 1997

Arsenaal

as Jack Degenaar

Episodes: 10

First Aired: Apr 25, 2002

Cape Town

as Gerbrand Vos

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 04, 2016

King Solomon's Mines

as Sir Henry

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Jun 13, 2004

Wasted Spring

as Hermaans Cronjé

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1983

Musiekpaniek

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Aug 07, 2020

Popularity Metrics

Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 6 9 4
2024 7 6 12 2
2024 8 8 15 4
2024 9 6 12 1
2024 10 6 13 3
2024 11 4 9 2
2024 12 6 13 2
2025 1 10 28 5
2025 2 3 6 1
2025 3 4 7 1
2025 5 1 1 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
2025 8 2 8 0
2025 9 1 2 1
2025 10 1 2 1

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