Personal Info
David Neilson
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
Filmography
Movies
Majority
as Len Taylor
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Roy Cropper
Secrets & Lies
as Man in Suit
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DS Graham Millington
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DS Graham Millington
Life Is Sweet
as Steve
Knights & Emeralds
as Ashby
Sons and Lovers
as Edgar
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Buckie
TV Shows
Once Upon A Time In The North
as Mr Dacre · 1 ep.
Heartbeat
as Barry Jackson · 1 ep.
Blue Heaven
as Sergeant · 1 ep.
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Lawton · 5 ep.
Bergerac
as Moxton · 1 ep.
Strangers
as Torchy · 1 ep.
Secret Army
as Jelinek · 1 ep.
Coronation Street
as Roy Cropper · 2760 ep.