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Nabil Shaban

Actor, Director, Producer, Writer, Additional CreditsBorn February 12, 1953 (72 years)
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 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 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).

Known For

  • City of Joy
  • Born of Fire
  • Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
  • Slave of Dreams
  • Raspberry Ripple

Filmography

2023
Tales of the Tardis (TV Series) · as Sil
2019
2019
Sil And the Devil Seeds of Arodor (TV Series) · as Sil
2009
Morticia · as Dr. Moores
2008
2008
Trouble Sleeping · as Lawyer
2006
Children of Men · as Bexhill Market Hustler
2003
1995
1994
1993
Age of Treason · as Juba
1993
Wittgenstein · as Martian
1992
City of Joy · as Anouar
1988
Raspberry Ripple · as Bill
1987
Born of Fire · as The Silent One
1985
1984
Screen Two (TV Series) · as Alan
1982
Walter · as Ben Gunn
1963
Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Sil

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