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    Ian Roberts

    1951-11-30 (73 years old) in Fort Beaufort, South Africa

    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.

    Movies

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    Pusha Pressa Phanda
    0 %|Jul 23, 2021
    Drama
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    Mia and the White Lion
    73 %|Aug 2, 2018
    Adventure, Family, Drama
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    Van der Merwe
    75 %|Jul 28, 2017
    Comedy
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    Tremors 5: Bloodlines
    55 %|Oct 6, 2015
    Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Science Fiction
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    The Windmill
    55 %|Apr 25, 2014
    Drama, Fantasy, Romance
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    Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux
    70 %|Dec 13, 2013
    Drama
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    Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond
    0 %|Oct 4, 2013
    Drama
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    Bakgat 3
    51 %|Sep 5, 2013
    Comedy
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    Babalas
    55 %|Aug 2, 2013
    Comedy
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    Eternity
    0 %|Dec 23, 2010
    Horror, Thriller
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    Bakgat 2
    60 %|Sep 10, 2010
    Comedy
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    The Race-Ist
    100 %|Apr 10, 2010
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    Bakgat!
    62 %|Apr 11, 2008
    Comedy, Romance
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    Number 10
    0 %|Jan 27, 2006
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    Tsotsi
    70 %|Dec 23, 2005
    Crime, Drama
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    Red Dust
    58 %|Jan 11, 2004
    Drama
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    Askari
    0 %|Dec 1, 2001
    Drama, Family
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    I Dreamed of Africa
    54.81 %|May 5, 2000
    Romance, Drama, Adventure
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    A Reasonable Man
    45 %|Aug 13, 1999
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    Sweepers
    42 %|Dec 2, 1998
    Action
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    Tarzan and the Lost City
    42 %|Apr 24, 1998
    Adventure, Action
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    Paljas
    72 %|Jan 23, 1998
    Drama
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    Mandela and de Klerk
    64 %|Feb 16, 1997
    Drama, History, TV Movie
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    Inside
    46 %|Aug 25, 1996
    Crime, Drama, TV Movie
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    Cry, the Beloved Country
    67 %|Dec 15, 1995
    Drama
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    Cyborg Cop III
    35 %|May 17, 1995
    Action, Science Fiction, Thriller
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    Kalahari Harry
    50 %|Dec 6, 1994
    Comedy
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    In a Time of Violence: The Line
    50 %|Jul 1, 1994
    Thriller, TV Movie
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    The Power of One
    75 %|Mar 27, 1992
    Drama
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    The Fourth Reich
    60 %|Oct 25, 1990
    Drama
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    Cape Rebel
    65 %|Apr 27, 1989
    History, Drama
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    The Crossing
    0 %|Sep 22, 1988
    Drama, TV Movie
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    Dancing in the Forest
    40 %|Jan 1, 1988
    Thriller, Drama, Horror
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    Jane and the Lost City
    43 %|Sep 3, 1987
    Adventure, Comedy, Action
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    You Must Be Joking! Too
    60 %|Jan 1, 1987
    actor
    Heroes
    0 %|Apr 3, 1986
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    Wild Maneuvres
    69 %|Jun 25, 1985
    Comedy
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    Anna Meintjies
    0 %|Mar 21, 1983
    actor
    The Horse Smuggler
    0 %|May 3, 1982

    Series

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    Musiekpaniek
    70 %|Aug 7, 2020
    Reality
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    Cape Town
    64 %|Jul 4, 2016
    Crime, Drama
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    The Wild
    40 %|Apr 4, 2011
    Soap
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    Erfsondes
    90 %|Jul 3, 2007
    Drama
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    King Solomon's Mines
    63 %|Jun 13, 2004
    Action & Adventure
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    Arsenaal
    80 %|Apr 25, 2002
    Drama, Crime
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    Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond
    85 %|Aug 6, 1997
    Comedy, Drama
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    Arende
    0 %|Apr 27, 1989
    Drama, War & Politics, Action & Adventure
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    Wasted Spring
    0 %|Jan 1, 1983
    Drama