
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).

as Sil

as Sil
1963

as Bexhill Market Hustler
2006

as Sil
2023

as Prosecuting Counsel
1988

as Anouar
1992

as The Silent One
1987

as Martian
1993

as Lawyer
1995

as Ben Gunn
1982

as Soothsayer
1995

as Sil
1986

as Sil
1985
as Dr. Moores
2009

as Sil
2019

2019

as Dr. Moores
2009
as Lawyer
2008

as Bexhill Market Hustler
2006

2003

2003

as Lawyer
1995

as Soothsayer
1995

as Alan
1994

as Martian
1993

as Anouar
1992

as The Best Friend
1992

as George
1991

as The Laternist
1990

as Caliph
1989

as Charlie
1988

as The Silent One
1987

as Sil
1986

as Bill
1986

as Sil
1985

as Narrator
1983

as Ben Gunn
1982
1981
as Prosecuting Counsel
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