Nabil Shaban
Actor
- Born
- February 12, 1953 · Amman, Jordan
- Died
- October 18, 2025 (age 72)
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
Children of Men
September 22, 2006
City of Joy
April 15, 1992
Wittgenstein
March 26, 1993
Born of Fire
March 31, 1987
Walter
November 2, 1982
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
January 26, 1985
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
October 25, 1986
Slave of Dreams
December 10, 1995
Deptford Graffiti
February 16, 1991
Skallagrigg
March 9, 1994
Sorry About Last Night
December 27, 1995
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
November 8, 2019
Acting25
- 2019Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor as Sil
- 2019The Doctors: More Monsters!
- 2009Morticia as Dr. Moores
- 2008Trouble Sleeping as Lawyer
- 2006Children of Men as Bexhill Market Hustler
- 2003The Story of Doctor Who
- 2003The Strangest Viking
- 1995Sorry About Last Night as Lawyer
- 1995Slave of Dreams as Soothsayer
- 1994Skallagrigg as Alan
- 1993