Nabil Shaban
Known for ActingBorn 1953-02-12 — died 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).
Known for
Children of Men
2006 · as Bexhill Market Hustler
City of Joy
1992 · as Anouar
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986 · as Sil
Slave of Dreams
1995 · as Soothsayer
Raspberry Ripple
1986 · as Bill
Billy's Christmas Angels
1988 · as Charlie
Born of Fire
1987 · as The Silent One
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019 · as Sil
Wittgenstein
1993 · as Martian
Walter
1982 · as Ben Gunn
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Iranian Nights
1989 · as Caliph
Skallagrigg
1994 · as Alan
Sorry About Last Night
1995 · as Lawyer
A Different Hand
1992 · as The Best Friend
Trouble Sleeping
2008 · as Lawyer
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985 · as Sil
The Doctors: More Monsters!
2019