Nabil Shaban

Biography

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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. Children of Men (2006) — Bexhill Market Hustler
2. Doctor Who (1963) — Sil
3. City of Joy (1992) — Anouar
4. Wittgenstein (1993) — Martian
5. Born of Fire (1987) — The Silent One
6. Walter (1982) — Ben Gunn
7. Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985) — Sil
8. Tales of the Tardis (2023) — Sil
9. Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986) — Sil
10. Slave of Dreams (1995) — Soothsayer
11. Deptford Graffiti (1991) — George
12. Skallagrigg (1994) — Alan
13. Sorry About Last Night (1995) — Lawyer
14. Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019) — Sil
15. Iranian Nights (1989) — Caliph
16. The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
17. Trouble Sleeping (2008) — Lawyer
18. Raspberry Ripple (1986) — Bill
19. Billy's Christmas Angels (1988) — Charlie
20. South of the Border (1988) — Prosecuting Counsel
21. 4 Play (1989) — George
22. Morticia (2009) — Dr. Moores
23. The Skin Horse (1983) — Narrator
24. Vote Sil — Sil
25. A Different Hand (1992) — The Best Friend
26. The Fifth Gospel (1990) — The Laternist
27. Getting Away From Sidney (1981)
28. The Strangest Viking (2003)
29. The Doctors: More Monsters! (2019)
30. Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019) — Sil

Directed

1. Morticia (2009) — Director
2. The Strangest Viking (2003) — Director