David Neilson

Known for ActingBorn 1949-03-13 (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.Read more

Movies & web series

Boys from the Blackstuff

Secrets & Lies

Secret Army

Knights & Emeralds

A Scottish Love Scheme

Heartbeat

Strangers

Life Is Sweet

Bergerac

Blue Heaven

Once Upon A Time In The North

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

Coronation Street

Majority

Resnick: Rough Treatment

Resnick: Lonely Hearts

Sons and Lovers

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly