ACTOR · FROM AMMAN, JORDAN
Nabil Shaban
1953–202530 credits since 19631 coming up
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ABOUT NABIL
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).
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Born12 February 1953
Died18 October 2025
BirthplaceAmman, Jordan
Known forActing
On Cineora6 of 27 titles
Known for
The titles people know Nabil from.
Coming up
What Nabil is working on next.
- Vote Silas SilDate to be announced
Career
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 6
- Average IMDb
- 7.2
- Highest rated
- Doctor WhoIMDb 8.4
- Working since
- 1963
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
1 title
as Sil · 1 episode
The 2010s
2 titles
as Sil
as Sil · 4 episodes
The 2000s
3 titles · IMDb 7.9 on average
as Dr. Moores
Trouble Sleeping
Not on Cineoraas Lawyer
Movieas Bexhill Market Hustler
The 1990s
8 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
as Lawyer
as Soothsayer
as Alan
Movieas Martian
Movieas Anouar
as The Best Friend
as George
as The Laternist
The 1980s
11 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average4 Play
Not on Cineoraas George · 1 episode
as Caliph
as Charlie
as Prosecuting Counsel · 1 episode
Movieas The Silent One
as Sil
as Bill
as Sil
The 1960s
1 title · IMDb 8.4 on average
Seriesas Sil · 6 episodes