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BornMarch 13, 1949 (age 77)
Place of birthLoughborough, Leicestershire, England
Film credits9
David Neilson
AliveKnown for Acting
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.
Filmography
Majority
2020
as Len Taylor
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
2009
as Roy Cropper
Secrets & Lies
1996
as Man in Suit
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Resnick: Rough Treatment
1993
as DS Graham Millington
- No poster
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