Cast
Nabil Shaban
Acting
Cast
Nabil Shaban
Known for
Acting
Born
1953-02-12
From
Amman, Jordan
Died
2025-10-18
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).
★7.6
MOVIE2006
Children of Men
as Bexhill Market Hustler
★6.6
MOVIE1992
City of Joy
as Anouar
★7.7
MOVIE1986
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as Sil
★6.4
MOVIE1993
Wittgenstein
as Martian
★5.9
MOVIE1982
Walter
as Ben Gunn
★6.0
MOVIE1987
Born of Fire
as The Silent One
★9.0
MOVIE1988
Billy's Christmas Angels
as Charlie
★8.0
MOVIE2003
The Story of Doctor Who
★4.3
MOVIE1995
Slave of Dreams
as Soothsayer
★8.0
MOVIE1995
Sorry About Last Night
as Lawyer
★7.4
MOVIE1985
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
as Sil
MOVIE2003
The Strangest Viking
MOVIE1990
The Fifth Gospel
as The Laternist
★8.0
MOVIE1986
Raspberry Ripple
as Bill
MOVIE1983
The Skin Horse
as Narrator
★4.0
MOVIE1994
Skallagrigg
as Alan
★4.5
MOVIE1991
Deptford Graffiti
as George
MOVIE2019
The Doctors: More Monsters!
MOVIE1992
A Different Hand
as The Best Friend
★8.0
MOVIE1989
Iranian Nights
as Caliph
★4.0
MOVIE2008
Trouble Sleeping
as Lawyer
★5.5
MOVIE2019
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
as Sil
MOVIE1981
Getting Away From Sidney
MOVIE2009
Morticia
as Dr. Moores
MOVIETBA
Vote Sil
as Sil