Nabil Shaban

Biography

Nabil Shaban was a Jordanian-British actor and writer born in Amman, Jordan in 1953 with brittle bone disease. He co-founded the theatre group Graeae, which promotes disabled performers, and studied at the University of Surrey in the late 1970s. As an actor, he is best known for his role as ruthless businessman Sil in Doctor Who's 'Vengeance on Varos' and 'The Trial of a Time Lord', opposite Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor.