
Actor
Nabil Shaban
Born 1953 · Amman, Jordan
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).
Acting

Children of Men
Bexhill Market Hustler · 2006

Doctor Who
Sil · 1963

City of Joy
Anouar · 1992

Wittgenstein
Martian · 1993

South of the Border
Prosecuting Counsel · 1988

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Sil · 1986

Born of Fire
The Silent One · 1987

Billy's Christmas Angels
Charlie · 1988

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Sil · 1985

Sorry About Last Night
Lawyer · 1995

Iranian Nights
Caliph · 1989

Raspberry Ripple
Bill · 1986

Walter
Ben Gunn · 1982

Tales of the Tardis
Sil · 2023

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Sil · 2019

Deptford Graffiti
George · 1991

Slave of Dreams
Soothsayer · 1995

Skallagrigg
Alan · 1994
Trouble Sleeping
Lawyer · 2008

Morticia
Dr. Moores · 2009

A Different Hand
The Best Friend · 1992
Vote Sil
Sil

The Skin Horse
Narrator · 1983

The Fifth Gospel
The Laternist · 1990
