
Nabil Shaban
Born: 1953-02-12
Place of birth: 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).
Filmography

South of the Border
1988

Billy's Christmas Angels
1988

The Story of Doctor Who
2003

Sorry About Last Night
1995

Iranian Nights
1989

Raspberry Ripple
1986

Doctor Who
1963

Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986

Children of Men
2006

Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985

City of Joy
1992

Wittgenstein
1993

Born of Fire
1987

Walter
1982

Tales of the Tardis
2023

Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019

Deptford Graffiti
1991

Slave of Dreams
1995