Acting · Amman, Jordan · Born February 12, 1953
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).
TVTales of the Tardis
2023
as Sil
MovieSil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
as Sil
TVSil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
as Sil
MovieThe Doctors: More Monsters!
2019
MovieMorticia
2009
as Dr. Moores
Trouble Sleeping
2008
as Lawyer
MovieChildren of Men
2006
as Bexhill Market Hustler
MovieThe Story of Doctor Who
2003
MovieThe Strangest Viking
2003
MovieSorry About Last Night
1995
as Lawyer
MovieSlave of Dreams
1995
as Soothsayer
MovieSkallagrigg
1994
as Alan
MovieWittgenstein
1993
as Martian
MovieCity of Joy
1992
as Anouar
MovieA Different Hand
1992
as The Best Friend
MovieDeptford Graffiti
1991
as George
MovieThe Fifth Gospel
1990
as The Laternist
4 Play
1989
as George
MovieIranian Nights
1989
as Caliph
MovieBilly's Christmas Angels
1988
as Charlie
TVSouth of the Border
1988
as Prosecuting Counsel
MovieBorn of Fire
1987
as The Silent One
MovieDoctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
as Sil
MovieRaspberry Ripple
1986
as Bill
MovieDoctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985
as Sil
MovieThe Skin Horse
1983
as Narrator
MovieWalter
1982
as Ben Gunn
Getting Away From Sidney
1981
TVDoctor Who
1963
as Sil
Vote Sil
as Sil
