7.3
7.3
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
1985
as Sil
Nabil Shaban
Acting
Born:February 12, 1953
Died:October 18, 2025(aged 72)
Birthplace:Amman, Jordan
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CommunityBiography
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 (22 movies)
7.0
7.0
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
1986
as Sil
6.6
6.6
City of Joy
1992
as Anouar
6.3
6.3
Wittgenstein
1993
as Martian
6.0
6.0
Iranian Nights
1989
as Caliph
6.0
6.0
Sorry About Last Night
1995
as Lawyer
5.9
5.9
Born of Fire
1987
as The Silent One
5.5
5.5
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
as Sil
5.2
5.2
Walter
1982
as Ben Gunn
4.0
4.0
Trouble Sleeping
2008
as Lawyer
3.0
3.0
Deptford Graffiti
1991
as George
2.3
2.3
Slave of Dreams
1995
Raspberry Ripple
1986
as Bill
Morticia
2009
Producer
The Doctors: More Monsters!
2019
Vote Sil
TBA
as Sil
The Skin Horse
1983
as Narrator
A Different Hand
1992
Writer
The Fifth Gospel
1990
Writer
Billy's Christmas Angels
1988
as Charlie
Getting Away From Sidney
1981
The Strangest Viking
2003
Director
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