David Neilson
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.
Acted in
Majority
2020
as Len Taylor
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
as Roy Cropper
Secrets & Lies
1996
as Man in Suit
Once Upon A Time In The North
1994
as Mr Dacre
Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
as DS Graham Millington
Blue Heaven
1992
as Sergeant
Heartbeat
1992
as Barry Jackson
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
1992
as DS Graham Millington
Life Is Sweet
1990
as Steve
Knights & Emeralds
1986
as Ashby
Boys from the Blackstuff
1982
as Lawton
Bergerac
1981
as Moxton
Sons and Lovers
1981
as Edgar
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
as Buckie
Secret Army
1977
as Jelinek
Coronation Street
1960
as Roy Cropper