Nabil Shaban
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 12, 1953
- Place of birth
- Amman, Jordan
- Died
- October 18, 2025
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).
Movies with Nabil Shaban
- Children of Men 2006 · ★ 7.6
- City of Joy 1992 · ★ 6.6
- Wittgenstein 1993 · ★ 6.4
- Born of Fire 1987 · ★ 6.0
- Walter 1982 · ★ 5.9
- Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos 1985 · ★ 7.4
- Doctor Who: Mindwarp 1986 · ★ 7.7
- Slave of Dreams 1995 · ★ 4.2
- Deptford Graffiti 1991 · ★ 4.5
- Skallagrigg 1994 · ★ 4.0
- Sorry About Last Night 1995 · ★ 8.0
- Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor 2019 · ★ 5.5
- Iranian Nights 1989 · ★ 8.0
- The Story of Doctor Who 2003 · ★ 8.0
- Trouble Sleeping 2008 · ★ 4.0
- Raspberry Ripple 1986 · ★ 8.0
- Billy's Christmas Angels 1988 · ★ 9.0
- Morticia 2009
- The Skin Horse 1983
- A Different Hand 1992
- The Fifth Gospel 1990
- Getting Away From Sidney 1981
- The Strangest Viking 2003
- The Doctors: More Monsters! 2019
Movies directed by Nabil Shaban
- Morticia 2009
- The Strangest Viking 2003