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