Aleksei Veselkin Explained

Aleksei Alekseyevich Veselkin (Russian: Алексей Алексеевич Весёлкин; 21 November 1961 in Moscow^[1]) is a Russian actor and TV game show presenter and Honoured Artist of Russia.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} He was a visible personality on television and in society magazines during the 1980s and 1990s,^[6] making a popular comeback in 2006 as the host of Sdelka? (Сделка "Deal?"), the Russian version of the American gameshow Deal or No Deal.^[7] During 2012 he was also a radio host on Radio Mayak show of Sergei Stillavin,^[8] 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.^[9] 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^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Алексей Весёлкин. Лица телеканала "РазТВ" . 2016-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303084055/http://www.raz.tv/person/23548/ . 2016-03-03 . dead .
2. http://www.rusactors.ru/v/veselkin1/index.shtml rusactors.ru bio Alexei Veselkin
3. http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/sov/749/bio/ Весёлкин Алексей Алексеевич Alexei Veselkin
4. http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/alexey_veselkin/ Peoples Magazine Bio - Alexei Veselkin (Russian)
5. Web site: RAMT Theatre Actors Profile - Alexei Veselkin (Russian) . 2012-12-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130121093959/http://ramt.ru/people/?type=5&content=item&item=55 . 2013-01-21 . dead .
6. Delovie lyudi No.41-46 - Page xvi 1994 "Among the other invited guests were Russian performer Alexei Veselkin, and clothes designer Irina Krutikova, who continues to shock the public with her original fur designs."
7. https://archive.today/20130417064531/http://www.mk.ru/editions/bulvar/article/2006/05/15/182674-aleksey-veselkin-roditeli-vpervyie-mnoyu-dovolnyi-syin-horosho-odet-prichesan-i-vyiglyadit-intelligentno.html Алексей Веселкин: «Родители впервые мною довольны.
8. http://lifenews.ru/news/104124 Lifenews.ru Депутаты требуют наказать ведущих шоу Стиллавина
9. [Izvestia]
10. 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, ...</ref> * 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

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