David Neilson
Birthday
1949/03/13 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Also know as
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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.
Acting
(2009) Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Roy Cropper
(1981) Sons and Lovers
as Edgar
(1993) Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DS Graham Millington
(1992) Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DS Graham Millington
(1990) Life Is Sweet
as Steve
(1996) Secrets & Lies
as Man in Suit
(1986) Knights & Emeralds
as Ashby
(2020) Majority
as Len Taylor
(1978) Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Buckie
(1960) Coronation Street
as Roy Cropper
(1992) Blue Heaven
as Sergeant
(1977) Secret Army
as Jelinek
(1992) Heartbeat
as Barry Jackson
(1982) Boys from the Blackstuff
as Lawton
(1981) Bergerac
as Moxton
(1994) Once Upon A Time In The North
as Mr Dacre