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Acting

Ian Roberts

Career: Active from 1983 to 2025, busiest in 2013 with 4 main titles.

Leading roles: 14
top three billing

Average score: 60/100

Highest rated: Paljas
73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 15 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ian Roberts Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Situational Comedy
0.8, average 2.7
Pop Culture
0.6, average 2.2
Absurdist Humor
0.6, average 2.0
Cringe Humor
0.7, average 2.2

Main genres

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Recurring tags

South African History 2
Political Conflict 2
Political Corruption 2
Coming-of-Age 2
Political Intrigue 2
Redemption 2
Moral Dilemmas 2
South African Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

50

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2020s

3 titles · average score 65

A Kind of Madness

69

as Dan Hart

Appels en Tee

TV show · as Jakkals Boshoff

Reyka

60

TV show · as John Tyrone

2010s

13 titles · average score 57

Mia and the White Lion

65

as John's Father

Van der Merwe

as Oupa Van der Merwe

Cape Town

60

TV show · as Gerbrand Vos

Tremors 5: Bloodlines

47

as Den Bravers

The Windmill

57

as Doctor Rossouw

Stuur Groete Aan Mannetjies Roux

as Frans

Babalas

as Boet

Musiek Vir Die Agtergrond

as Chris

Bakgat 3

as Basjan

The Wild

TV show · as Karel van Reenen

The Race-Ist

as Noel Oosthuizen

Bakgat 2

as Basjan du Preez

2000s

10 titles · average score 56

Bakgat!

60

as Basjan du Preez

Erfsondes

TV show · as Pote du Toit

as Marius Kramer

Tsotsi

74

as Captain Smit

3 Needles

44

as Hallyday, the Plantation Owner

King Solomon's Mines

61

TV show · as Sir Henry

Red Dust

62

as Piet Müller

Arsenaal

TV show · as Jack Degenaar

Askari

54

as Ripshaw

I Dreamed of Africa

38

as Mike Donovan

1990s

14 titles · average score 52

A Reasonable Man

61

as Chris Van Rooyen

Sweepers

42

as Yager

Paljas

73

as Frans

Tarzan and the Lost City

20

as Captain Dooley

Mandela and de Klerk

69

as Kobie Coetsee

Onder Draai Die Duiwel Rond

TV show · as Thys Tredoux

Inside

55

as Guard Moolman

Cry, the Beloved Country

65

as Evans

Cyborg Cop III

35

as Sheen

Kalahari Harry

as Kalahari Harry Morgan

The Power of One

48

as Hoppie Gruenewald

The Fourth Reich

as Johannes van der Walt

1980s

10 titles · average score 46

Arende

TV show · as Sloet Steenkamp

Cape Rebel

as Sloet Steenkamp

Dancing in the Forest

as Thor

The Play on One

TV show · as Joseph

Jane and the Lost City

46

as Carl

You Must Be Joking! Too

as Various

Night of Fear

as Steve Vosloo

as Hendrik 'Hennie' du Preez

Wild Maneuvres

as Corp. White

TV show · as Hermaans Cronjé