David Neilson

Acting

David Neilson

Born March 13, 1949 · Loughborough, Leicestershire, England (age 77)

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 Ar…

Known For

Secrets & LiesSecrets & Lies · 1996
Secrets & Lies
7.61996
MovieDrama
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Life Is SweetLife Is Sweet · 1991
Life Is Sweet
7.01991
MovieComedyDrama
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, Natalie is a plumber and Nicola is jobless. This film is about how they interact and play out family, conflict and love.
A Scottish Love SchemeA Scottish Love Scheme · 2024
A Scottish Love Scheme
7.02024
MovieTV MovieRomance
Lily travels to Scotland with her mother and reconnects with Logan, a childhood family friend. Unbeknownst to Lily and Logan, their meddling mothers have come up with a plan to set them up.
Soldiers Talking, CleanlySoldiers Talking, Cleanly · 1978
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
1978
MovieDramaWar
One man's view of the British Army in Germany - the social life, discipline, drink, women and, occasionally, the defence of the West.
Sons and LoversSons and Lovers · 1981
Sons and Lovers
1981
MovieDramaHistory
An adaptation for television by Trevor Griffiths of DH Lawrence's classic novel
Coronation Street: Romanian HolidayCoronation Street: Romanian Holiday · 2009
Coronation Street: Romanian Holiday
5.82009
MovieComedy
What could be better? A footballer's wedding, a week in the sun, a luxury villa in historic Transylvania. It’s the trip of a lifetime for Coronation Street's favourite café owners Roy and Hayley Cropper, until the brash Glen and Verity appear... Opposites don't attract in this chaotic comic caper as the unlikely foursome embark on an adventure neither couple will ever forget. And when Weatherfield hell-raiser Becky McDonald jets in from her honeymoon, the stage is set for mountain mayhem deep in the heart of Dracula Country.
Knights & EmeraldsKnights & Emeralds · 1986
Knights & Emeralds
7.51986
MovieRomanceComedy
A white boy lives in a racially divided town. The only thing he cares about is playing his drums. A popular black band from school needs a drummer and he joins them, but being colour blind in this town makes life very difficult.
MajorityMajority · 2020
Majority
2020
MovieDrama
Single mother and immigrant Sonia Diaconescu works at a sheltered accommodation scheme. A resident of the scheme has made an official complaint against her, rousing the elderly community into a mob of angry and fearful citizens whose intolerance is palpable.

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StrangersStrangers · 1978
Strangers
7.31978
SeriesCrimeDrama
Strangers is a 1978–82 ITV police procedural created and principally written by Murray Smith, based on characters created by Kenneth Royce in his novel series and subsequent 1977–78 television adaptation The XYY Man. Don Henderson and Dennis Blanch reprise their roles, respectively, of Detective Sergeant (DS) George Bulman and Detective Constable (DC) Derek Willis. A group of police officers are brought together from across the country to the north of England. There, the fact that they're not well-known gives them the advantage to infiltrate where a more familiar local detective could not. Despite being based around a comparatively small team of detectives, a regular feature in its early years is that few episodes feature the entire team, with most using just two or three regulars in any major role.

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