Nabil Shaban

Nabil Shaban was born in 1953 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 is 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: Acting

Born: Amman, Jordan, 1953-02-12

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1981	Getting Away From Sidney		0
2	1982	Walter	Ben Gunn	53
3	1983	The Skin Horse	Narrator	0
4	1985	Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos	Sil	73
5	1986	Raspberry Ripple	Bill	0
6	1986	Doctor Who: Mindwarp	Sil	70
7	1987	Born of Fire	The Silent One	60
8	1988	Billy's Christmas Angels	Charlie	0
9	1989	Iranian Nights	Caliph	60
10	1990	The Fifth Gospel	The Laternist	0
11	1991	Deptford Graffiti	George	40
12	1992	A Different Hand	The Best Friend	0
13	1992	City of Joy	Anouar	66
14	1993	Wittgenstein	Martian	64
15	1994	Skallagrigg	Alan	10
16	1995	Slave of Dreams		30
17	1995	Sorry About Last Night	Lawyer	60
18	2003	The Strangest Viking		0
19	2003	The Story of Doctor Who		0
20	2006	Children of Men	Bexhill Market Hustler	76
21	2008	Trouble Sleeping	Lawyer	40
22	2009	Morticia	Dr. Moores	0
23	2019	Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor	Sil	55
24		Vote Sil	Sil	0
25	2019	The Doctors: More Monsters!		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	Doctor Who	Sil	79
2	1988	South Of The Border	Prosecuting Counsel	0
3	2023	Tales of the Tardis	Sil	44

Nabil Shaban

Film

Television