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).
Children of Men
as Bexhill Market Hustler
City of Joy
as Anouar
Wittgenstein
as Martian
Sorry About Last Night
as Lawyer
Born of Fire
as The Silent One
Walter
as Ben Gunn
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as Sil
Slave of Dreams
as Soothsayer
Iranian Nights
as Caliph
The Story of Doctor Who
A Different Hand
as The Best Friend
Billy's Christmas Angels
as Charlie
Raspberry Ripple
as Bill
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
as Sil
Skallagrigg
as Alan
Trouble Sleeping
as Lawyer
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
as Sil
Vote Sil
as Sil
Deptford Graffiti
as George
The Strangest Viking
Morticia
as Dr. Moores
The Fifth Gospel
as The Laternist
Getting Away From Sidney
The Skin Horse
as Narrator
