Nabil Shaban
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, 198…
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Known For
Doctor Who
1963 · TV
Children of Men
2006 · Movie
Tales of the Tardis
2023 · TV
South of the Border
1988 · TV
4 Play
1989 · TV
City of Joy
1992 · Movie
Wittgenstein
1993 · Movie
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986 · Movie
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019 · TV
Walter
1982 · Movie
Born of Fire
1987 · Movie
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985 · Movie