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