Nabil Shaban

Known for ActingBorn 1953-02-12Died 2025-10-18Amman, Jordan

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).Read more

Movies & web series

South of the Border

Billy's Christmas Angels

The Story of Doctor Who

Sorry About Last Night

Iranian Nights

Raspberry Ripple

Children of Men

Doctor Who: Mindwarp

Doctor Who

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos

City of Joy

Wittgenstein

Born of Fire

Tales of the Tardis

Walter

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Deptford Graffiti

Slave of Dreams

Trouble Sleeping

Skallagrigg

The Doctors: More Monsters!

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

Morticia

The Strangest Viking

A Different Hand

The Fifth Gospel

The Skin Horse

Getting Away From Sidney

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