Nabil Shaban
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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
Credits
Children of Men (2006)
as Bexhill Market Hustler
City of Joy (1992)
as Anouar
Born of Fire (1987)
as The Silent One
Wittgenstein (1993)
as Martian
Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)
as Sil
Walter (1982)
as Ben Gunn
Skallagrigg (1994)
as Alan
Slave of Dreams (1995)
as Soothsayer
The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
Actor
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985)
as Sil
Raspberry Ripple (1986)
as Bill
A Different Hand (1992)
as The Best Friend
Iranian Nights (1989)
as Caliph
Billy's Christmas Angels (1988)
as Charlie
Sorry About Last Night (1995)
as Lawyer
Vote Sil (—)
as Sil
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019)
as Sil
Getting Away From Sidney (1981)
Actor
Deptford Graffiti (1991)
as George
Morticia (2009)
as Dr. Moores
Trouble Sleeping (2008)
as Lawyer
The Strangest Viking (2003)
Actor
The Doctors: More Monsters! (2019)
Actor
The Fifth Gospel (1990)
as The Laternist
The Skin Horse (1983)
as Narrator