Ian Roberts
Birthday: 1951-11-30 | Place of Birth: Fort Beaufort, South AfricaIan 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Oupa Van der Merwe
as Gerbrand Vos
as Den Bravers
as Basjan
as Boet
as Karel van Reenen
as Basjan du Preez
as Professor Tevis Shapiro
as Basjan du Preez
as Piet Müller
as Sir Henry
as Captain Dooley
as Yager
as Kobie Coetsee
as Guard Moolman
