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).
Known for
Doctor Who
Sil
Children of Men
Bexhill Market Hustler
Wittgenstein
Martian
The Story of Doctor Who
The Doctors: More Monsters!
Slave of Dreams
Raspberry Ripple
Bill
Sorry About Last Night
Lawyer
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Sil
Vote Sil
Sil
Tales of the Tardis
Sil
Skallagrigg
Alan
Walter
Ben Gunn
Trouble Sleeping
Lawyer
Getting Away From Sidney
South Of The Border
Prosecuting Counsel
Deptford Graffiti
George
City of Joy
Anouar
Billy's Christmas Angels
Charlie
A Different Hand
The Best Friend
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Sil
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Sil
Born of Fire
The Silent One
The Skin Horse
Narrator
Iranian Nights
Caliph
The Fifth Gospel
The Laternist
Morticia
Dr. Moores