Nabil Shaban

Nabil Shaban was born in 1953 in Amman Jordan and arrived in England when he was three for treatment for his osteogenesis imperfecta brittlebone disease He spent the next six years in hospital and seven in a childrens 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