Nabil Shaban

Born: 1953-02-12, Amman, Jordan

Died: 2025-10-18

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).

Filmography

• Children of Men (2006)
• City of Joy (1992)
• Born of Fire (1987)
• Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos (1985)
• Doctor Who: Mindwarp (1986)
• Sorry About Last Night (1995)
• Skallagrigg (1994)
• Billy's Christmas Angels (1988)
• Slave of Dreams (1995)
• Raspberry Ripple (1986)
• The Story of Doctor Who (2003)
• A Different Hand (1992)
• Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor (2019)
• Deptford Graffiti (1991)
• The Strangest Viking (2003)
• The Strangest Viking (2003)
• Iranian Nights (1989)
• Morticia (2009)
• Morticia (2009)
• The Skin Horse (1983)
• The Doctors: More Monsters! (2019)
• The Fifth Gospel (1990)