Nabil Shaban
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).
Walter
(Ben Gunn)
Slave of Dreams
Morticia
(Dr. Moores)
Sorry About Last Night
(Lawyer)
Children of Men
(Bexhill Market Hustler)
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
(Sil)
The Skin Horse
(Narrator)
Wittgenstein
(Martian)
Born of Fire
(The Silent One)
Skallagrigg
(Alan)
City of Joy
(Anouar)
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
(Sil)
The Story of Doctor Who
Trouble Sleeping
(Lawyer)
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
(Sil)
Deptford Graffiti
(George)
Vote Sil
(Sil)
A Different Hand
(The Best Friend)
Iranian Nights
(Caliph)
Raspberry Ripple
(Bill)
Billy's Christmas Angels
(Charlie)
The Fifth Gospel
(The Laternist)
Getting Away From Sidney
The Strangest Viking
The Doctors: More Monsters!
Nice or Nasty? The Making of Vengeance on Varos
(Self)
Doctor Who
(Sil)
South Of The Border
(Prosecuting Counsel)
Tales of the Tardis
(Sil)