Nabil Shaban
Acting • Born 1953-02-12 – 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).
Filmography
28 credits
Walter
Movie • 1982
Ben Gunn
Slave of Dreams
Movie • 1995
Morticia
Movie • 2009
Dr. Moores
Sorry About Last Night
Movie • 1995
Lawyer
Children of Men
Movie • 2006
Bexhill Market Hustler
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Movie • 1985
Sil
The Skin Horse
Movie • 1983
Narrator
Wittgenstein
Movie • 1993
Martian
Born of Fire
Movie • 1987
The Silent One
Skallagrigg
Movie • 1994
Alan
City of Joy
Movie • 1992
Anouar
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Movie • 2019
Sil
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie • 2003
Trouble Sleeping
Movie • 2008
Lawyer
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Movie • 1986
Sil
Deptford Graffiti
Movie • 1991
George
Vote Sil
Movie
Sil
A Different Hand
Movie • 1992
The Best Friend
Iranian Nights
Movie • 1989
Caliph
Raspberry Ripple
Movie • 1986
Bill
Billy's Christmas Angels
Movie • 1988
Charlie
The Fifth Gospel
Movie • 1990
The Laternist
Getting Away From Sidney
Movie • 1981
The Strangest Viking
Movie • 2003
The Doctors: More Monsters!
Movie • 2019
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Sil
South Of The Border
TV • 1988
Prosecuting Counsel
Tales of the Tardis
TV • 2023
Sil