Acting
Community Rating
6.9
TMDB estimate
Born
March 13, 1949 (age 77)
Born in
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.
A Scottish Love Scheme
as Line Producer
2024
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Majority
as Len Taylor
2020
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Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Roy Cropper
2009
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Secrets & Lies
as Man in Suit
1996
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Once Upon A Time In The North
as Mr Dacre
1994
—Resnick: Rough Treatment
as DS Graham Millington
1993
—Blue Heaven
as Sergeant
1992
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Heartbeat
as Barry Jackson
1992
—Resnick: Lonely Hearts
as DS Graham Millington
1992
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Life Is Sweet
as Steve
1991
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Knights & Emeralds
as Ashby
1986
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Boys from the Blackstuff
as Lawton
1982
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Bergerac
as Moxton
1981
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Sons and Lovers
as Edgar
1981
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Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Buckie
1978
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Strangers
as Torchy
1978
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Secret Army
as Jelinek
1977
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Coronation Street
as Roy Cropper
1960
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