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.
Acting
Movie
Secrets & Lies
as Man in Suit
1996
Movie
Life Is Sweet
as Steve
1991
TV
Coronation Street
as Roy Cropper
1960
TV
Heartbeat
as Barry Jackson
1992
TV
Bergerac
as Moxton
1981
TV
Boys from the Blackstuff
as Lawton
1982
TV
Secret Army
as Jelinek
1977
Movie
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Roy Cropper
2009
TV
Strangers
as Torchy
1978
TV
Blue Heaven
as Sergeant
1992
Movie
Knights & Emeralds
as Ashby
1986
TV
Once Upon A Time In The North
as Mr Dacre
1994
Movie
Sons and Lovers
as Edgar
1981
Movie
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DS Graham Millington
1992
Movie
Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DS Graham Millington
1993
Movie
Majority
as Len Taylor
2020
Movie
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Buckie
1978
