Nabil Shaban
February 12, 1953 (71 years old) in Amman, Jordan
Nabil Shaban was born in 1953 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 is 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
- 2023 · Tales of the Tardis as Sil
- 2019 · Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor as Sil
- 2009 · Morticia as Dr. Moores
- 2008 · Trouble Sleeping as Lawyer
- 2006 · Children of Men as Bexhill Market Hustler
- 2003 · The Story of Doctor Who as
- 2003 · The Strangest Viking as
- 1995 · Sorry About Last Night as Lawyer
- 1995 · Slave of Dreams as
- 1994 · Skallagrigg as Alan
- 1993 · Wittgenstein as Martian
- 1992 · City of Joy as Anouar
- 1992 · 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
- 1988 · South Of The Border as Prosecuting Counsel
- 1987 · Born of Fire as The Silent One
- 1986 · Doctor Who: Mindwarp as Sil
- 1986 · Raspberry Ripple as Bill
- 1985 · Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos as Sil
- 1983 · The Skin Horse as Narrator
- 1982 · Walter as Ben Gunn
- 1981 · Getting Away From Sidney as
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Sil
- Future · Vote Sil as Sil