---
name: "Ian Roberts"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-roberts-1035098"
fi1m_id: "ian-roberts-1035098"
imdb_id: "nm0731167"
tmdb_id: 1035098
wikidata_id: "Q5982743"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 November 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-11T23:23:28.241667+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ian Roberts

## Identity

Ian Roberts

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-roberts-1035098
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-roberts-1035098
- **IMDb ID:** nm0731167
- **TMDB ID:** 1035098
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5982743
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Roberts_(South_African_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5982743, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1035098

Actor. Born 30 November 1951 in Fort Beaufort, South Africa.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 November 1951, Fort Beaufort, South Africa
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Roberts_(South_African_actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5982743, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731167/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1035098

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*A Reasonable Man*](https://film.one/film/a-reasonable-man.md) (68)

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## Biography

Ian Roberts is a South African actor, playwright and singer. He was born on 30 November 1951 in Fort Beaufort and raised on a citrus farm near the town. He attended St Andrew's Preparatory School and St Andrew's College in Grahamstown, completed national service in the South African Army in 1971, and later studied at Rhodes University, where he took a BA in Speech, Drama and Social Anthropology.

Roberts is known for film roles including Hoppie Gruenewald in *The Power of One* (1992), Captain Smit in *Tsotsi* (2005), Chris Van Rooyen in *A Reasonable Man* (1999), and Sir Henry in *King Solomon's Mines* (2004). He also played Mike Donovan in *I Dreamed of Africa* (2000) and Piet Müller in *Red Dust* (2004). On television he has appeared in series such as *Arende*, and he is recognised for his long-running portrayal of the character Boet in Castrol motor oil advertisements. He was married to actress Michelle Botes; the couple divorced in 1999.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Reasonable Man* (1999), Fi1m 68, as Chris Van Rooyen — [page](https://film.one/film/a-reasonable-man.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Appels en Tee* (2025), series, as Jakkals Boshoff
- *A Kind of Madness* (2025), as Dan Hart
- *Reyka* (2021), series, as John Tyrone
- *Pusha Pressa Phanda* (2021), Actor
- *Mia and the White Lion* (2018), as John's Father
- *Van der Merwe* (2017), as Oupa Van der Merwe
- *Cape Town* (2016), series, as Gerbrand Vos
- *Tremors 5: Bloodlines* (2015), as Den Bravers
- *The Windmill* (2014), as Doctor Rossouw
- *Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux* (2013), as Frans
- *Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond* (2013), as Chris
- *Bakgat 3* (2013), as Basjan
- *Babalas* (2013), as Boet
- *The Wild* (2011), series, as Karel van Reenen
- *Eternity* (2010), as Professor Tevis Shapiro
- *Bakgat 2* (2010), as Basjan du Preez
- *The Race-Ist* (2010), as Noel Oosthuizen
- *Bakgat!* (2008), as Basjan du Preez
- *Erfsondes* (2007), series, as Pote du Toit
- *Number 10* (2006), as Marius Kramer
- *Tsotsi* (2005), as Captain Smit
- *3 Needles* (2005), as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner
- *King Solomon's Mines* (2004), series, as Sir Henry
- *Red Dust* (2004), as Piet Müller
- *Arsenaal* (2002), series, as Jack Degenaar
- *Askari* (2001), as Ripshaw
- *I Dreamed of Africa* (2000), as Mike Donovan
- *A Reasonable Man* (1999), as Chris Van Rooyen — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/a-reasonable-man.md)
- *Sweepers* (1998), as Yager
- *Tarzan and the Lost City* (1998), as Captain Dooley
- *Paljas* (1998), as Frans
- *Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond* (1997), series, as Thys Tredoux
- *Mandela and de Klerk* (1997), as Kobie Coetsee
- *Inside* (1996), as Guard Moolman
- *Cry, the Beloved Country* (1995), as Evans
- *Cyborg Cop III* (1995), as Sheen
- *Kalahari Harry* (1994), as Kalahari Harry Morgan · Screenplay
- *In a Time of Violence: The Line* (1994), as Lt. Danie Visser
- *Daisy de Melker* (1993), series, as Sid de Melker
- *The Power of One* (1992), as Hoppie Gruenewald
- *The Fourth Reich* (1990), as Johannes van der Walt
- *Cape Rebel* (1989), as Sloet Steenkamp
- *Arende* (1989), series, as Sloet Steenkamp
- *The Crossing* (1988), Actor
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, as Joseph
- *Dancing in the Forest* (1988), as Thor
- *Jane and the Lost City* (1987), as Carl
- *You Must Be Joking! Too* (1987), as Various
- *Heroes* (1986), as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez
- *Night of Fear* (1986), as Steve Vosloo
- *Wild Maneuvres* (1985), as Corp. White
- *Anna Meintjies* (1983), Actor
- *Wasted Spring* (1983), series, as Hermaans Cronjé
- *The Horse Smuggler* (1982), Actor

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