David Neilson
Known for ActingBorn 1949-03-13Loughborough, 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
Secrets & Lies
1996 · as Man in Suit
Life Is Sweet
1991 · as Steve
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978 · as Buckie
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993 · as DS Graham Millington
Sons and Lovers
1981 · as Edgar
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992 · as DS Graham Millington
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009 · as Roy Cropper
Knights & Emeralds
1986 · as Ashby
Majority
2020 · as Len Taylor