David Neilson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 13, 1949
- Birthplace
- Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
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.
Filmography
A Scottish Love Scheme 2024
Line Producer
Majority 2020
as Len Taylor
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday 2009
as Roy Cropper
Secrets & Lies 1996
as Man in Suit
- Resnick: Rough Treatment
Resnick: Rough Treatment 1993
as DS Graham Millington
- Resnick: Lonely Hearts
Resnick: Lonely Hearts 1992
as DS Graham Millington
Life Is Sweet 1991
as Steve
Knights & Emeralds 1986
as Ashby
Sons and Lovers 1981
as Edgar
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly 1978
as Buckie
Credits from TMDB.