
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.

as Moxton

as Roy Cropper
1960

as Barry Jackson
1992

as Moxton
1981

as Jelinek
1977

as Torchy
1978

as Man in Suit
1996

as Lawton
1982
as Sergeant
1992
as Mr Dacre
1994

as Steve
1991
as DS Graham Millington
1993

as Len Taylor
2020
as Man in Suit
1996

as Len Taylor
2020

as Roy Cropper
2009

as Man in Suit
1996
as DS Graham Millington
1993
as DS Graham Millington
1992

as Steve
1991

as Ashby
1986

as Edgar
1981

as Buckie
1978
as Moxton
1 ep.

as Roy Cropper
2842 episodes

as Barry Jackson
1 episodes

as Moxton
1 episodes

as Jelinek
1 episodes

as Torchy
1 episodes

as Lawton
5 episodes
as Sergeant
1 episodes
as Mr Dacre
1 episodes