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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Recent movies
| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
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| 1 | Mia and the White Lion (2018) | John's Father | 9 | |
| 2 | Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) | Den Bravers | 5.4 | |
| 3 | Tsotsi (2005) Oscars 2006 | Captain Smit | 7.3 | |
| 4 | Red Dust (2004) | Piet Müller | - | - |
| 5 | Tarzan and the Lost City (1998) | Captain Dooley | 4 | |
| 6 | Sweepers (1998) | Yager | 5 | |
| 7 | In a Time of Violence: The Line (1994) | Lt. Danie Visser | 5 | |
| 8 | The Power of One (1992) | Hoppie Gruenewald | 6.7 |

