Person

Nabil Shaban

Acting · 1953–2025 · 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).

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  Doctor Who

  Sil

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  Children of Men

  Bexhill Market Hustler

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  Tales of the Tardis

  Sil

• 4 Play

  George

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  South of the Border

  Prosecuting Counsel

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  Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor

  Sil

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  Doctor Who: Mindwarp

  Sil

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  City of Joy

  Anouar

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  Slave of Dreams

  Soothsayer

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  Billy's Christmas Angels

  Charlie

• 2023Tales of the TardisSil
• 2019Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorSil
• 2019Sil and the Devil Seeds of ArodorSil
• 2019The Doctors: More Monsters!
• 2009MorticiaDr. Moores
• 2008Trouble SleepingLawyer
• 2006Children of MenBexhill Market Hustler
• 2003The Story of Doctor Who
• 2003The Strangest Viking
• 1995Sorry About Last NightLawyer
• 1995Slave of DreamsSoothsayer
• 1994SkallagriggAlan
• 1993WittgensteinMartian
• 1992City of JoyAnouar
• 1992A Different HandThe Best Friend
• 1991Deptford GraffitiGeorge
• 1990The Fifth GospelThe Laternist
• 19894 PlayGeorge
• 1989Iranian NightsCaliph
• 1988Billy's Christmas AngelsCharlie
• 1988South of the BorderProsecuting Counsel
• 1987Born of FireThe Silent One
• 1986Doctor Who: MindwarpSil
• 1986Raspberry RippleBill
• 1985Doctor Who: Vengeance on VarosSil
• 1983The Skin HorseNarrator
• 1982WalterBen Gunn
• 1981Getting Away From Sidney
• 1963Doctor WhoSil
• —Vote SilSil