Aleksei Alekseyevich Veselkin (russian: Алексей Алексеевич Весёлкин; 21 November 1961 in

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) is a Russian actor and TV

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presenter and

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. 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 ''

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?'' (Сделка "Deal?"), the Russian version of the American gameshow

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. During 2012 he was also a radio host on

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show of Sergei Stillavin, but he and co-presenter Victoria Kolosova were dismissed after government watchdog

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upheld complaints against a controversial article by the presenters on

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. 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

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and his son for the Russian version of

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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 ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was published as a serial in ''St. Nicholas Magazine'' from November 1885 to October 1886, then as a book by Scribner's (the publisher of ''St. Nicholas'') in 1886. The il ...

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, ... * 2002 - Looking down * 2003 - Poor Nastya * 2005 - Not Born Beautiful (:ru:Не родись красивой, ru) * 2005 - Kulagin and Partners (:ru:Кулагин и партнёры, ru) * 2007 - Sacvoyage with a bright future * 2010 - All for the best * 2012 - All the Afflicted

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veselkin, Alexei 1961 births Living people Russian male film actors Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Male actors from Moscow 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Soviet male film actors Soviet television presenters Russian game show hosts Russian television presenters Russian radio personalities Russian theatre directors