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