David Neilson
Actor
- Born
- March 13, 1949 (age 77) · Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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.
Known for
Acting9
- 2020Majority as Len Taylor
- 2009Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday as Roy Cropper
- 1996Secrets & Lies as Man in Suit
- 1993Resnick: Rough Treatment as DS Graham Millington
- 1992Resnick: Lonely Hearts as DS Graham Millington
- 1991Life Is Sweet as Steve
- 1986Knights & Emeralds as Ashby
- 1981Sons and Lovers as Edgar
- 1978Soldiers Talking, Cleanly as Buckie