Aleksei Veselkin
# Aleksei Veselkin

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
