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Ian Roberts

Actor | * 07/29/1965 (58) | Fort Beaufort (South Africa)
Ian Roberts (born 30 November 1951) is a South African actor, playwright and singer. A native English speaker, he is also fluent in Afrikaans and Xhosa. ()

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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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Adventure

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Jane and the Colonel must journey to Africa to the lost city to retrieve the diamonds before the Nazis do. Comedy based on the popular wartime comic strip. ...

Jane and the Lost City

Certification unknown

1987 | 2.2/5 | 1h 34min
Adventure, Comedy
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PK, an English orphan terrorized for his family's political beliefs in Africa, turns to his only friend, a kindly world-wise prisoner, Geel Piet. Geel teaches him how to box with the motto “fight wi ...

The Power of One

PG-13

1992 | 3.8/5 | 2h 7min
Drama
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The South African multi-award winning film about a young South African boy from the ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster. Tsotsi, who left home as a child to get away from helpless parents, finds a b ...

Tsotsi

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2005 | 3.5/5 | 1h 34min
Crime, Drama
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Movies with Ian Roberts as Actor(30)

as John's Father2018 Mia and the White Lion
as Oupa Van der Merwe2017 Van der Merwe
as Den Bravers2015 Tremors 5: Bloodlines
as Doctor Rossouw2014 The Windmill
as Frans2013 Send Regards to Mannetjies Roux
as Chris2013 Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
as Basjan2013 Bakgat 3
as Noel Oosthuizen2010 The Race-Ist
as Basjan du Preez2010 Bakgat 2
as Basjan du Preez2008 Bakgat!
as Marius Kramer2006 Number 10
as Captain Smit2005 Tsotsi
as Piet Müller2004 Red Dust
as Mike Donovan2000 I Dreamed of Africa
as Chris Van Rooyen1999 A Reasonable Man
as Yager1998 Sweepers
as Frans1998 Paljas
as Captain Dooley1998 Tarzan and the Lost City
as Kobie Coetsee1997 Mandela and de Klerk
as Guard Moolman1996 Inside
as Sheen1995 Cyborg Cop III
as Evans1995 Cry, the Beloved Country
as Sloet Steenkamp1994 Arende
as Lt. Danie Visser1994 In a Time of Violence: The Line
as Kalahari Harry Morgan1994 Kalahari Harry
as Hoppie Gruenewald1992 The Power of One
as Thor1988 Midnight Forest
as Carl1987 Jane and the Lost City
as Various1987 You Must Be Joking! Too
as Corp. White1985 Wild Maneuvres

TV Shows/Series with Ian Roberts as Actor(4)

as Gerbrand Vos2016 Cape Town
as Karel van Reenen2011 The Wild
as Sergeant Jack Declan2003 Reno 911!
as Jack Degenaar2002 Arsenaal

Movies with Ian Roberts as Crew(1)

Writing/Screenplay1994 Kalahari Harry

Full Name: Ian Roberts
Citizenship: South Africa
Born: Thursday, 07/29 1965 (July) in Fort Beaufort (South Africa) (current age: 58 years + 272 days)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Rhodes University, St. Andrew's Preparatory School
Other names for Ian Roberts (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ian Roberts (South African actor)"
Ian Roberts frequently works together with these people:
Thomas Lennon (5x, Actor)
Ben Garant (5x, Crew)
Gavin Hood (5x, Crew)
Emilia Roux (5x, Crew)
Jonathan Pienaar (4x, Actor)
Leon Schuster (4x, Actor)
Jerry Mofokeng (4x, Actor)
Salmon de Jager (4x, Crew)
David Barkham (3x, Crew)
Dirk De Villiers (3x, Crew)
Harry Robertson (3x, Crew)
Avril Beukes (3x, Crew)

Other people with this name: Ian Roberts (AU), Ian Roberts (US)

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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1440287, Added: 09/05/2019, Last updated: 04/22/2024