Alexei Vesyolkin

Aleksei Alekseyevich Veselkin (; 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 .

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 – 1984 – It All Begins With Love 1984 – 1984 – Egorka 1985 – Road to the Sea 1986 – 1987 – Riders 1988 – 1988 – Diskzhokey 1988 – The Black Corridor 1991 – Armavir 1991 – 1999 – 2001 – Doctors 2002 – The Joys and Sorrows of Little Lord Fauntleroy 2002 – Looking Down 2003 – Poor Nastya 2005 – Not Born Beautiful (ru) 2005 – 2007 – A Suitcase with a Bright Future 2010 – All for the Best 2012 – All the Afflicted 2014 – April Fools' Day