Nabil Shaban
25 movies · 5 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 12, 1953
- Died
- Oct 18, 2025 (age 72)
- Place of birth
- Amman, Jordan
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).
Profiles IMDb
Known for
Nabil Shaban: movies and TV shows
Acting (30)
- Upcoming Vote Sil
as Sil
- 2023
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2009 Morticia
as Dr. Moores
- 2008 Trouble Sleeping
as Lawyer
- 2006 Children of Men
as Bexhill Market Hustler
- 2003
- 2003
- 1995 Sorry About Last Night
as Lawyer
- 1995 Slave of Dreams
as Soothsayer
- 1994 Skallagrigg
as Alan
- 1993 Wittgenstein
as Martian
- 1992 City of Joy
as Anouar
- 1992 A Different Hand
as The Best Friend
- 1991 Deptford Graffiti
as George
- 1990 The Fifth Gospel
as The Laternist
- 1989
- 1989 Iranian Nights
as Caliph
- 1988 Billy's Christmas Angels
as Charlie
- 1988
- 1987 Born of Fire
as The Silent One
- 1986 Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as Sil
- 1986 Raspberry Ripple
as Bill
- 1985
- 1983 The Skin Horse
as Narrator
- 1982 Walter
as Ben Gunn
- 1981
- 1963
Behind the camera (4)
- 2009 Morticia
Director, Writer, Producer
- 2003 The Strangest Viking
Director
- 1992 A Different Hand
Writer
- 1990 The Fifth Gospel
Writer