Acting credits
25
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Nabil Shaban
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 22Series: 3Crew credits: 4
TMDB ID: 229499
IMDb ID: nm0787048
Known for: Acting
Born: February 12, 1953
Died: October 18, 2025
Age: 72
Place of birth: Amman, Jordan
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1963 - 2023
Years active: 61
Average TMDB rating: 6.87
Wikidata: Q3869782
Other jobs
Writer (3)Director (1)
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nabil Shaban.
5.5
Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
as Sil
2019 Movie
The Doctors: More Monsters!
2019 Movie
Morticia
as Dr. Moores
2009 Movie
7.6
Children of Men
as Bexhill Market Hustler
2006 Movie
The Story of Doctor Who
2003 Movie
The Strangest Viking
2003 Movie
6.0
Sorry About Last Night
as Lawyer
1995 Movie
2.3
Slave of Dreams
1995 Movie
1.0
Skallagrigg
as Alan
1994 Movie
6.4
Wittgenstein
as Martian
1993 Movie
6.6
City of Joy
as Anouar
1992 Movie
A Different Hand
as The Best Friend
1992 Movie
3.0
Deptford Graffiti
as George
1991 Movie
The Fifth Gospel
as The Laternist
1990 Movie
6.0
Iranian Nights
as Caliph
1989 Movie
Billy's Christmas Angels
as Charlie
1988 Movie
5.9
Born of Fire
as The Silent One
1987 Movie
6.8
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
as Sil
1986 Movie
Raspberry Ripple
as Bill
1986 Movie
7.4
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
as Sil
1985 Movie
The Skin Horse
as Narrator
1983 Movie
5.4
Walter
as Ben Gunn
1982 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nabil Shaban.
