Acting
David Neilson
Birth Date
March 13, 1949
(77 years old)
Place of Birth
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Popularity
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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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Coronation Street
Roy Cropper
1960 • 3200 episodes
Heartbeat
Barry Jackson
1992 • 1 episode
Bergerac
Moxton
1981 • 1 episode
Secret Army
Jelinek
1977 • 1 episode
Strangers
Torchy
1978 • 1 episode
Secrets & Lies
Man in Suit
1996
Boys from the Blackstuff
Lawton
1982 • 5 episodes
Life Is Sweet
Steve
1991
Blue Heaven
Sergeant
1992 • 1 episode
Once Upon A Time In The North
Mr Dacre
1994 • 1 episode
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
Buckie
1978
Resnick: Rough Treatment
DS Graham Millington
1993
Resnick: Lonely Hearts
DS Graham Millington
1992
Sons and Lovers
Edgar
1981
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
Roy Cropper
2009
Majority
Len Taylor
2020
Knights & Emeralds
Ashby
1986