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Aleksei Alekseyevich Veselkin (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Весёлкин; 21 November 1961 in Moscow) is a Russian actor and TV game show presenter and Honoured Artist of Russia. He was a visible personality on television and in society magazines during the 1980s and 1990s, making a popular comeback in 2006 as the host of Sdelka? (Сделка "Deal?"), the Russian version of the American gameshow Deal or no Deal. During 2012 he was also a radio host on Radio Mayak show of Sergei Stillavin, but he and co-presenter Victoria Kolosova were dismissed after government watchdog Roskomnadzor upheld complaints against a controversial article by the presenters on cystic fibrosis. Veselkin returned to his previous position as a staff actor at the Russian Academic Youth Theater.
His son Aleksei Veselkin Jr (1990) is a well known teen actor: Veselkin Sr and Jr dubbed the voices of David Beckham and his son for the Russian version of Coca Cola adverts.
Filmography
- 1976 - Field move
- 1983 - Romeo and Juliet
- 1984 - Faith. Hope. Love
- 1984 - It all begins with love
- 1984 - Two Hussars (ru) based on Tolstoy's story
- 1984 - Yegorka (ru)
- 1985 - Road to the sea
- 1986 - The right people (ru)
- 1987 - Riders
- 1988 - The Actress from Gribov (ru)
- 1988 - Diskzhokey
- 1988 - The Black Corridor
- 1991 - Armavir (ru)
- 1991 - A woman for all
- 2001 - Doctors
- 2002 - The joys and sorrows of Little Lord Fauntleroy
- 2002 - Looking down
- 2003 - Poor Nastya
- 2005 - Not Born Beautiful (ru)
- 2005 - Kulagin and Partners (ru)
- 2007 - Sacvoyage with a bright future
- 2010 - All for the best
- 2012 - All the Afflicted
- Variety international film guide - Page 252 2004 RADOSTY I PECHALI MALYENKOGO LORDA (Little Lord Fauntleroy) [Family drama, 2002/ Script: Galina Arbuzova, Vladimir Zheleznikov, Ivan Popov. Dir: Popov. Phot: Alexander Antipenko. Players: Alexei Veselkin, Stanislav Govorukhin, ...