Known for

Acting

Born

Mar 13, 1949 (77 years old)

Place of birth

Loughborough, Leicestershire, England

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.

Titles

Coronation Street

Series • 1960

Heartbeat

Series • 1992

Bergerac

Series • 1981

Secret Army

Series • 1977

Strangers

Series • 1978

Boys from the Blackstuff

Series • 1982

Secrets & Lies

Movie • 1996

Blue Heaven

Series • 1992

Life Is Sweet

Movie • 1991

A Scottish Love Scheme

Movie • 2024

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

Movie • 2009

Knights & Emeralds

Movie • 1986

Majority

Movie • 2020