Nabil Shaban
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1953
- Died
- October 18, 2025 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Amman, Jordan
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).
Known For
Filmography
Vote Sil
Movie · as Sil
Tales of the Tardis
TV · as Sil · 1 ep
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Movie · as Sil
The Doctors: More Monsters!
Movie
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
TV · as Sil · 4 eps
Morticia
Movie · as Dr. Moores
Trouble Sleeping
Movie · as Lawyer
Children of Men
Movie · as Bexhill Market Hustler
The Story of Doctor Who
Movie
The Strangest Viking
Movie
Slave of Dreams
Movie · as Soothsayer
Sorry About Last Night
Movie · as Lawyer
Skallagrigg
Movie · as Alan
Wittgenstein
Movie · as Martian
City of Joy
Movie · as Anouar
A Different Hand
Movie · as The Best Friend
Deptford Graffiti
Movie · as George
The Fifth Gospel
Movie · as The Laternist
Iranian Nights
Movie · as Caliph
4 Play
TV · as George · 1 ep
Billy's Christmas Angels
Movie · as Charlie
South of the Border
TV · as Prosecuting Counsel · 1 ep
Born of Fire
Movie · as The Silent One
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Movie · as Sil
Raspberry Ripple
Movie · as Bill
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Movie · as Sil
The Skin Horse
Movie · as Narrator
Walter
Movie · as Ben Gunn
Getting Away From Sidney
Movie
Doctor Who
TV · as Sil · 6 eps