Acting credits
13
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
David Neilson
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.5
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Movies: 9Series: 5Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 94219
IMDb ID: nm0624801
Known for: Acting
Born: March 13, 1949
Age: 76
Place of birth: Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1960 - 2026
Years active: 67
Average TMDB rating: 6.75
Wikidata: Q5237949
Other jobs
Line Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Neilson.
8.0
Corriedale
as Roy Cropper (deleted scene)
2026 Movie
6.8
A Scottish Love Scheme
Line Producer
2024 Movie
Majority
as Len Taylor
2020 Movie
5.8
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
as Roy Cropper
2009 Movie
7.6
Secrets & Lies
as Man in Suit
1996 Movie
7.0
Life Is Sweet
as Steve
1990 Movie
6.0
Knights & Emeralds
as Ashby
1986 Movie
Sons and Lovers
as Edgar
1981 Movie
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
as Buckie
1978 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Neilson.
