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 childrens 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).
Ben Gunn
Film 1982
Film 1995
Dr. Moores
Film 2009
Lawyer
Film 1995
Narrator
Film 1983
Sil
Film 2019
Film 2003
Lawyer
Film 2008
Sil
Film 1986
George
Film 1991
Sil
Film
The Best Friend
Film 1992
Caliph
Film 1989
Bill
Film 1986
Charlie
Film 1988
The Laternist
Film 1990
Film 1981
Film 2003
Sil
Tv 1963
Prosecuting Counsel
Tv 1988
Sil
Tv 2023