# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-neilson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:22:42.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-neilson"
name: "David Neilson"
slug: "david-neilson"
description: "David Neilson is an English actor. He is best known for his role as cafe owner Roy Cropper in the long running ITV soap opera Coronation Street, which he has played since 1995."
tagline: "British actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Neilson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.43
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.914953333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0624801/"
    handle:    "nm0624801"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0068753c-8703-4705-a882-01da1f9d350e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "ديفيد نيلسون (ممثل بريطاني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "ديفيد نيلسون (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neilson"
    title: "David Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neilson"
    title: "David Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Neilson"
    title: "David Neilson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5237949"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/94219"
    title: "David Neilson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump