David Neilson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Place of birth
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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.
Movies with David Neilson
- Secrets & Lies 1996 · ★ 7.6
- Life Is Sweet 1991 · ★ 7.0
- Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday 2009 · ★ 5.8
- Knights & Emeralds 1986 · ★ 7.5
- Sons and Lovers 1981
- Resnick: Rough Treatment 1993
- Resnick: Lonely Hearts 1992
- Majority 2020
- Soldiers Talking, Cleanly 1978