Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts

Birthday: 1951-11-30

Place of birth: Fort Beaufort, South Africa

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0731167

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.

Played in movies:

The Race-Ist

Score: 10.0

A Kind of Madness

Score: 8.2

The Power of One

Score: 7.5

Van der Merwe

Score: 7.5

Mia and the White Lion

Score: 7.3

Paljas

Score: 7.2

Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux

Score: 7.0

Tsotsi

Score: 7.0

Cry, the Beloved Country

Score: 6.7

Mandela and de Klerk

Score: 6.5

Cape Rebel

Score: 6.5

Bakgat!

Score: 6.2

The Fourth Reich

Score: 6.0

You Must Be Joking! Too

Score: 6.0

Bakgat 2

Score: 6.0

Wild Maneuvres

Score: 5.9

Red Dust

Score: 5.8

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

Score: 5.5

I Dreamed of Africa

Score: 5.5

The Windmill

Score: 5.5

Babalas

Score: 5.5

Askari

Score: 5.5

Bakgat 3

Score: 5.1

In a Time of Violence: The Line

Score: 5.0

Kalahari Harry

Score: 5.0

Inside

Score: 4.6

A Reasonable Man

Score: 4.5

Jane and the Lost City

Score: 4.3

Tarzan and the Lost City

Score: 4.2

Sweepers

Score: 4.1

Dancing in the Forest

Score: 4.0

Cyborg Cop III

Score: 3.9

Night of Fear

Score: 0.0

Pusha Pressa Phanda

Score: 0.0

Number 10

Score: 0.0

Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond

Score: 0.0

Eternity

Score: 0.0

Anna Meintjies

Score: 0.0

The Horse Smuggler

Score: 0.0

Heroes

Score: 0.0

The Crossing

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Erfsondes

Score: 9.0

Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond

Score: 8.5

Arsenaal

Score: 8.0

Musiekpaniek

Score: 7.0

King Solomon's Mines

Score: 6.2

Cape Town

Score: 5.8

The Wild

Score: 2.8

Arende

Score: 0.0

Wasted Spring

Score: 0.0