Nabil Shaban
Acting
Born: 1953-02-12 in Amman, Jordan
Biography
Nabil Shaban (1953-2025) was born in Amman, Jordan and arrived in England when he was three for treatment for his osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle-bone disease). He spent the next six years in hospital and seven in a children's home. In 1980, he and Richard Tomlinson founded Graeae (pronounced Grey Eye), a professional theatre company of disabled performers. A writer and performer with many film and television credits, he was probably best known to television viewers for his role as ruthless businessman Sil in the Doctor Who stories 'Vengeance on Varos' and 'The Trial of a Time Lord' (BBC, 1985 + 1986).
Known For
Children of Men
Bexhill Market Hustler
Doctor Who
Sil
City of Joy
Anouar
Wittgenstein
Martian
Born of Fire
The Silent One
Walter
Ben Gunn
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Sil
Tales of the Tardis
Sil
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Sil
Slave of Dreams
Soothsayer
Deptford Graffiti
George
Skallagrigg
Alan
Sorry About Last Night
Lawyer
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Sil
Iranian Nights
Caliph
The Story of Doctor Who
Raspberry Ripple
Bill
Billy's Christmas Angels
Charlie
South of the Border
Prosecuting Counsel
Morticia
Dr. Moores
The Skin Horse
Narrator
A Different Hand
The Best Friend
The Fifth Gospel
The Laternist
Getting Away From Sidney
The Strangest Viking
The Doctors: More Monsters!
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Sil