Nabil Shaban
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).
Acting
Movie
Children of Men
as Bexhill Market Hustler
2006
TV
Doctor Who
as Sil
1963
Movie
City of Joy
as Anouar
1992
Movie
Wittgenstein
as Martian
1993
Movie
Born of Fire
as The Silent One
1987
Movie
Walter
as Ben Gunn
1982
Movie
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
as Sil
1985
TV
Tales of the Tardis
as Sil
2023
Movie
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as Sil
1986
Movie
Slave of Dreams
as Soothsayer
1995
Movie
Deptford Graffiti
as George
1991
Movie
Skallagrigg
as Alan
1994
Movie
Sorry About Last Night
as Lawyer
1995
Movie
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
as Sil
2019
Movie
Iranian Nights
as Caliph
1989
Movie
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Movie
Trouble Sleeping
as Lawyer
2008
Movie
Billy's Christmas Angels
as Charlie
1988
Movie
Raspberry Ripple
as Bill
1986
TV
South of the Border
as Prosecuting Counsel
1988
Movie
Morticia
as Dr. Moores
2009
Movie
The Skin Horse
as Narrator
1983
Movie
Vote Sil
as Sil
Movie
The Fifth Gospel
as The Laternist
1990
