David Neilson

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1949-03-13 (75 years old)

Place of Birth Loughborough, Leicestershire, England

David Neilson

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

Actor

2020
Majority

as Len Taylor

1996
Secrets & Lies

as Man in Suit

1993
Resnick: Rough Treatment

as DS Graham Millington

1992
Resnick: Lonely Hearts

as DS Graham Millington

1992
Blue Heaven

as Sergeant

1992
Heartbeat

as Barry Jackson

1990
Life Is Sweet

as Steve

1986
1981
1981
Bergerac

as Moxton

1977
Secret Army

as Jelinek

1960
Coronation Street

as Roy Cropper

Producer

2024
A Scottish Love Scheme

as Line Producer