David Neilson
ActingMarch 13, 1949(age 76)
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Biography
David Neilson is an English actor best known for portraying cafe owner Roy Cropper in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 1995 onwards. In a break from the show in 2016, Neilson starred in a stage production of Samuel Beckett's Endgame at Home in Manchester. Prior to taking up the role of Roy Cropper, Neilson appeared in several TV shows including Boys from The Blackstuff, Resnick, Secret Army, Once Upon a Time in the North, Blue Heaven, Bergerac, Casualty and EastEnders, and in the Mike Leigh films Life is Sweet and Secrets and Lies.
Movies
(9 total)
Secrets & Lies
19967.6
as Man in Suit
Life Is Sweet
19907.0
as Steve
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
20095.8
as Roy Cropper
Knights & Emeralds
19866.0
as Ashby
Sons and Lovers
1981
as Edgar
Majority
2020
as Len Taylor
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Buckie
TV Shows
(8 total)
Coronation Street
19605.3
as Roy Cropper
Heartbeat
19927.1
as Barry Jackson
Bergerac
19816.7
as Moxton
Boys from the Blackstuff
19827.7
as Lawton
Secret Army
19777.5
as Jelinek
Strangers
19787.0
as Torchy