Aleksei Alekseyevich Veselkin (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Весёлкин; 21 November 1961 – 26 March 2025) was a Russian actor and television 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 Theatre.
His son Aleksei Veselkin Jr (born in 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 advertisements.
Veselkin died on 26 March 2025, at the age of 63.
Filmography
1976 – Field Move
1983 – Romeo and Juliet
1984 – Faith. Hope. Love
1984 – It All Begins With Love
1984 – Two Hussars
1984 – Egorka
1985 – Road to the Sea
1986 – The Right People
1987 – Riders
1988 – The Actress from Gribov
1988 – Diskzhokey
1988 – The Black Corridor
1991 – Armavir
1991 – A Woman for All
1999 – D. D. D. Detective Dubrovsky's Dossier
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
2007 – A Suitcase with a Bright Future
2010 – All for the Best
2012 – All the Afflicted
2014 – April Fools' Day