Ian Roberts

Ian Roberts is an award-winning actor, playwright and musician. Ian shot to fame in the late 1980s for his roles in hugely popular television series such as Verspeelde Lente, Arende and Inkom’ Edla Yodwa, opposite Henry Cele. Apart from his role in the Oscar-winning South African movie Tsotsi, Ian has also played in many international movies that were filmed in South Africa such as The Power of One, King Solomon’s Mines and Jane and the Lost City.

His performance as Boet in the long-running Castrol Can of the Best advertising campaign made him a household name. He is also the lead singer of the band Die Radio Kalahari Orkes.