David Neilson
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
Sons and Lovers
1981
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
Life Is Sweet
1990
Secrets & Lies
1996
Knights & Emeralds
1986
Majority
2020
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
Coronation Street
1960
Blue Heaven
1992
Secret Army
1977
Heartbeat
1992
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
Bergerac
1981
Once Upon A Time In The North
1994
Strangers
1978