David Neilson
Actor
Born March 13, 1949 in 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.
Filmography
A Scottish Love Scheme
Majority
Len Taylor
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Roy Cropper
Secrets & Lies
Man in Suit
Heartbeat
Barry Jackson
Life Is Sweet
Steve
Knights & Emeralds
Ashby
Boys from the Blackstuff
Lawton
Bergerac
Moxton
Sons and Lovers
Edgar
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Buckie
Strangers
Torchy
Secret Army
Jelinek
Coronation Street
Roy Cropper