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.

Known for

2020

Majority

Len Taylor

2009

Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday

Roy Cropper

1996

Secrets & Lies

Man in Suit

1991

Life Is Sweet

Steve

1986

Knights & Emeralds

Ashby

1981

Sons and Lovers

Edgar

1978

Soldiers Talking, Cleanly

Buckie