1996Winner
Best Performance
Secrets & Lies
David Neilson
Actor · Producer
Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
March 13, 1949
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1991Nominee
Best Performance
Life Is Sweet
1981Nominee
Best Performance
Sons and Lovers
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Picture
A Scottish Love Scheme
1978Highlight
Best Performance
Soldiers Talking, Cleanly
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Secrets & Lies
Life Is Sweet
A Scottish Love Scheme