Acting
Nabil Shaban
Birth Date
February 12, 1953
Death Date
October 18, 2025
(passed away at 72)
Place of Birth
Amman, Jordan
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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).
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Doctor Who
Sil
1963 • 6 episodes
Children of Men
Bexhill Market Hustler
2006
Tales of the Tardis
Sil
2023 • 1 episode
South of the Border
Prosecuting Counsel
1988 • 1 episode
City of Joy
Anouar
1992
4 Play
George
1989 • 1 episode
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
Sorry About Last Night
Lawyer
1995
Wittgenstein
Martian
1993
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Sil
2019 • 4 episodes
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Sil
1985
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Sil
1986
Born of Fire
The Silent One
1987
Billy's Christmas Angels
Charlie
1988
Walter
Ben Gunn
1982
Slave of Dreams
Soothsayer
1995
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Sil
2019
Raspberry Ripple
Bill
1986
Skallagrigg
Alan
1994
The Doctors: More Monsters!
2019