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