Nabil Shaban

Nabil Shaban

출생 : 1953-02-12, Amman, Jordan

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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).

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Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor
Sil
An original drama from the world of BBCtv's Doctor Who, featuring Sil, the ruthless alien entrepreneur from planet Thoros Beta, played by Nabil Shaban. Sil is worried, very worried, which doesn't keep his reptilian skin in the best condition! Confined in a cold detention cell on the moon, awaiting a deportation hearing for trial on drugs offences on Earth, he faces a death sentence if the application is successful and he is found guilty. And his employers at the Universal Monetary Fund aren t pleased either. Not at all. As time runs out and friends desert him, Sil must use all of his devious, vile, underhanded, ruthless, and amoral business acumen to survive. Can he possibly slime his way out of this one?
Morticia
Producer
An eleven-year-old girl, living in Edinburgh, Scotland, hates her Christian name, Kylie. She prefers to be called "Morticia" And she wants a real Dad she can identify with. She wants Dracula...and she wants to be a vampire.
Morticia
Dr. Moores
An eleven-year-old girl, living in Edinburgh, Scotland, hates her Christian name, Kylie. She prefers to be called "Morticia" And she wants a real Dad she can identify with. She wants Dracula...and she wants to be a vampire.
Morticia
Writer
An eleven-year-old girl, living in Edinburgh, Scotland, hates her Christian name, Kylie. She prefers to be called "Morticia" And she wants a real Dad she can identify with. She wants Dracula...and she wants to be a vampire.
Morticia
Director
An eleven-year-old girl, living in Edinburgh, Scotland, hates her Christian name, Kylie. She prefers to be called "Morticia" And she wants a real Dad she can identify with. She wants Dracula...and she wants to be a vampire.
Trouble Sleeping
Lawyer
A Palestinian refugee attempting to avoid deportation.
칠드런 오브 맨
Bexhill Market Hustler
서기 2027년, 전 세계 모든 여성이 알 수 없는 이유로 임신기능을 상실한 종말의 시대. 세계 각지에서는 폭동과 테러가 비일비재하고 대부분의 국가가 무정부 상태로 무너져 내린 가운데, 유일하게 군대가 살아남은 국가 영국에는 불법이민자들이 넘쳐 난다. 한편, 아들이 죽은 후, 세상을 바꾸겠다는 의지 따위는 모두 잃어버린 남자 테오. 그의 앞에 20년 만에 나타난 전 부인 줄리안은 기적적으로 임신한 흑인 소녀 키를 그에게 부탁한다. 믿을 수 없는 기적을 눈 앞에서 마주한 테오. 그는 키가 안전하게 출산할 수 있도록 인간프로젝트를 성공시켜야만 하는데...
The Story of Doctor Who
Documentary to celebrate the fortieth anniversary of this popular cult sci-fi television series.
The Strangest Viking
"The Strangest Viking" is a Secret History TV documentary about Ivarr the Boneless. Nabil Shaban presents the theory that a war leader of Danish Vikings, Ivarr the Boneless, who invaded and conquered parts of England in 865 A.D. was not only crippled, and had to be carried into battle on the back of a shield, but also believed (by various medical historians) that he had been born with the congenital disability known as Osteogenesis Imperfecta, "brittle bones" - the very same disability that Shaban has.
Sorry About Last Night
Lawyer
A romantic comedy written by and starring Alexei Sayle. A couple on a first date in London are determined to find a drink after closing time, to prove to themselves that they are not careworn and middle-aged. What follows is a series of misadventures
Slave of Dreams
The Egyptian executioner's wife tries to seduce Hebrew slave Joseph to fulfill a dream they are experiencing simultaneously.
Skallagrigg
Alan
Back in the 'bad old days' when the physically and mentally disabled were locked away in institutions a legend grew of someone who could stand up to the authorities and help them. This charming story is how a group of disabled people went to chase that legend. To assist them John is forced to come to terms with his daughter and her friends.
비트겐슈타인
Martian
대자본가의 아들로 태어난 비트겐슈타인은 버트란드 러셀, 존 메이너드 케인즈 등과 교우하며 철학적 성찰을 쌓아간다. 그러나 그의 평생을 지배한 것은 사람들의 몰이해와 성취되지 못한 사랑, 그리고 고독과 불안이었는데... - 불행한 천재 비트겐슈타인의 삶과 철학적 고민들을 우화적이고 부조리한 화면 속에서 탁월하게 그려낸 작품. - 오스트리아 출신의 철학자 루드비히 비트겐슈타인에 대한 가장 특별한 전기 영화.
시티 오브 조이
Anouar
수술실 한 소녀가 위독한 상태로 있고 주치의 맥스(Max Lowe 패트릭 스웨이즈 분)가 열심히 심장 맛사지를한다. 그러나 소녀는 숨을 거둔다. 슬픔과 무력감에 맥스는 수술실을 나온다. 하사리(Hasari Pal 옴 푸리 분)는 아내 칼마(Kamla Pal 샤바나 아즈미 분)와 딸(Amrita Pal 에이샤 다커 분), 그리고 두 아들(Shambu Pal 산투 초우두리 분 / Manooj Pal 임란 바드사 칸 분)을 데리고 캘커타에 도착했다. 사기꾼에게 넘어간 일가는 모든 것을 잃고 뒷골목에서 밤을 보낸다. 같은 시각에 맥스는 실의 속에 캘커타에 도착한다. 이 도시에서 공허한 마음을 매꾸려하고있었다. 그러나 캘커타의 참혹한 현실이 맥스를 비웃듯이 엄습해 왔다. 가족을 위해 몸을 파는 푸미아와의 만남, 그리고 폭력. 맥스는 거리의 대부 아들 아쇼카(Ashoka 아트 말릭 분)에게 매를 맞고 돈을 빼앗긴다. 다음날 아침, 맥스는 초라한 오두막집에서 눈을 뜬다. 거기는 가장 가난한 사람들이 모여사는 '아난드 니가르'(기쁨의 도시)로, 볼란티아에서 환자를 진료하고 있는 진료소였다. 진료소의 경영자 조안 바실(Joan Bethel 폴린 콜린스 분)은 그에게 일손을 도와달라고 부탁한다. 그러나 자포자기 한 맥스는 이를 거절하고, 전날밤 도와준 하사리에 도움으로 호텔로 돌아오는데...
A Different Hand
The Best Friend
A musical comedy drama about a young woman (played by Tina Leslie) rebelling against society's attitudes (including her parents, her doctor, her priest and teacher) towards people like her who are without hands or in other ways different. Everyone is trying to force her to wear artificial hands, everyone except for her disabled friend (Nabil Shaban), who assists in her revolt.
A Different Hand
Writer
A musical comedy drama about a young woman (played by Tina Leslie) rebelling against society's attitudes (including her parents, her doctor, her priest and teacher) towards people like her who are without hands or in other ways different. Everyone is trying to force her to wear artificial hands, everyone except for her disabled friend (Nabil Shaban), who assists in her revolt.
Deptford Graffiti
George
George, wheelchair and hospital bound, is released by Cherry and a group of Hell's Angels.
The Fifth Gospel
The Laternist
A documentary about disability and Christianity from Nabil Shaban and Tina Leslie.
The Fifth Gospel
Writer
A documentary about disability and Christianity from Nabil Shaban and Tina Leslie.
Iranian Nights
Caliph
A Channel Four special presentation of the Royal Court Theatre 1989 production, London. with Paul Bhattacharjee, Nabil Shaban and Fiona Victory. "Iranian Nights" was a play written and produced as a direct response by writers and artists to the notorious Feb 14 1989 Fatwa (a sentence of death) from Iran's leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, placed on Salman Rushdie for his novel "The Satanic Verses", regarded by fundamentalist Muslims as blasphemous.
Billy's Christmas Angels
Charlie
Billy wants to play in a rock band with his brother Dave. This Christmas, Billy 's Angels come down to earth to help Billy find Dave, and reality, through Faith, Hope and Charlie.
Born of Fire
The Silent One
For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future.
Doctor Who: Mindwarp
Sil
As the Doctor's trial continues, evidence is presented showing his most recent adventure, one where he faces an old adversary, Sil. As a scientist conducts his unethical experiments to prolong the life of Sil's boss Kiv, the Doctor's memories of the events begins to return and an unpleasant surprise awaits him.
Raspberry Ripple
Bill
A clever paraplegic man, haunted by visions of imaginary gangsters, becomes desperate to leave the "cripple" facility he's stuck in. To get out, he must outwit the facility's matron and the constant surveillance of one of his fellows.
Doctor Who: Vengeance on Varos
Sil
When the TARDIS is in need of repairs, the Doctor and Peri are forced to land on Varos, a mining planet whose population is entertained and enslaved by a sadistic system of public torture and execution, and find themselves the latest unwilling subjects in this most extreme form of reality TV.
The Skin Horse
Narrator
An award-winning, ground-breaking TV documentary dealing sensitively with the topic of sex and intimacy within the disabled community.
Walter
Ben Gunn
A man with learning difficulties suffers neglect and ill-treatment, and this is only exasperated when his parents die and nobody seems to know what to do with him. A sequel to this film, titled "Walter and June", was released in 1983 and set 19 years later in time. In the United States, these two are sometimes bundled together under the title "Loving Walter".
Getting Away From Sidney
Getting Away From Sidney - BBC TV documentary about Graeae, a touring theatre company of disabled actors (1981) The Arena arts TV programme which put Graeae Theatre Company on the map in 1981. In this documentary are scenes from Graeae's first show "SIDESHOW", and interviews with the very first and original company, which consisted of Richard Tomlinson, co-founder and director, and cast of six disabled actors (three men, and three women), Will Kennen, Jag Plah, Nabil Shaban (co-founder), Elane Roberts, Marion Saunders and Alex Lowe. This Arena documentary not only helped begin a revolution in disability arts and culture, but it was also directly responsible for Nabil Shaban being offered work in Channel Four's TV film "Walter", in the Royal Court theatre production of "The Emperor", and the part of Sil in Doctor Who "Vengeance on Varos". The Arena documentary was produced by Alan Yentob, and directed by Nigel Williamson.
Vote Sil
Sil
The sequel to Sil And The Devil Seeds Of Arodor!