Nabil Viñas (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) is a New York based actor whose independent films have screened at The New York Film Festival (“Program”, short), HBO’s NY Latino Film Festival, and many others worldwide. He’s won acting awards for his performance in “The Cat’s Cradle” (short), and he produced and acted in the feature film “Tomorrow Ever After” which screened theatrically in select cities, earning critical acclaim in major press. TV roles include Young Benito Mussolini in the emmy-nominated miniseries “The World Wars” (History).
As a writer, Nabil was a 2021 Cine Qua Non Lab Resident and 2019 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Screenwriting from The New York Foundation for the Arts. His feature screenplay “Los Malos” (The Bad Ones) is in development, and his short film “Come Back Hailey” earned festival screenings in NYC and secured international distribution.
With a background in theatre, Nabil is an ensemble member of the Barefoot Theatre Company, official member of Poetic Theater Productions, a co-founding member of The Seven Collective, and frequent collaborator with TÉA Creative. Theatre credits include Classical Theatre of Harlem, Harlem Repertory Theatre, New Federal Theatre, Cleveland Play House, and the central role in Poetic Theater’s award-winning “Goliath”.
Born to Dominican parents in Washington Heights NYC, Nabil is a proud native New Yorker who spoke only Spanish until age five. A prodigious student, he skipped 8th grade to attend high school a year early, and turned down a college wrestling scholarship to go into the performing arts. He’s a proud alumnus of The City College of New York, where he studied Mathematics and Theatre.
A dedicated human rights advocate, Nabil took part in the launch of UN Women’s #HeForShe campaign, an initiative encouraging men to stand up for gender equality. He currently helps bring restorative practices to NYC schools via Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility.
