Nabil Shaban
Born: 1953-02-12 in Amman, Jordan
Died: 2025-10-18
Known For: Acting
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
2023
- Tales of the Tardis as Sil
2012
2009
- Morticia as Dr. Moores
2008
- Trouble Sleeping as Lawyer
2006
- Children of Men as Bexhill Market Hustler
1995
- Slave of Dreams
- Sorry About Last Night as Lawyer
1994
- Skallagrigg as Alan
1993
- Wittgenstein as Martian
1992
- City of Joy as Anouar
- A Different Hand as The Best Friend
1991
- Deptford Graffiti as George
1990
- The Fifth Gospel as The Laternist
1989
- Iranian Nights as Caliph
1988
- Billy's Christmas Angels as Charlie
- South Of The Border as Prosecuting Counsel
1987
- Born of Fire as The Silent One
1986
- Raspberry Ripple as Bill
- Doctor Who: Mindwarp as Sil
1985
1983
- The Skin Horse as Narrator
1982
- Walter as Ben Gunn
1963
- Doctor Who as Sil