Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1953-02-12
Day of Death
2025-10-18
Place of Birth
Amman, Jordan
Nabil Shaban
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).
Filmography (24)
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
2019
The Doctors: More Monsters!
2019
Morticia
2009Trouble Sleeping
2008
Children of Men
2006
The Story of Doctor Who
2003
The Strangest Viking
2003
Sorry About Last Night
1995
Slave of Dreams
1995
Skallagrigg
1994
Wittgenstein
1993
City of Joy
1992
A Different Hand
1992
Deptford Graffiti
1991
