David Neilson
Known for: Acting
Born: March 13, 1949
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
10 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
7.0
A Scottish Love Scheme
2024
NR
Majority
2020
5.8
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
7.6
Secrets & Lies
19966.0
Once Upon A Time In The North
1994NR
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
6.3
Blue Heaven
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992NR
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
7.0
Life Is Sweet
1991
7.5
Knights & Emeralds
1986
7.8
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
7.0
Bergerac
1981
NR
Sons and Lovers
1981
NR
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
7.3
Strangers
1978
7.8
Secret Army
1977
5.4
Coronation Street
1960