Aleksei Veselkin

{{Short description|Russian actor and television show presenter (1961–2025)}}

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Aleksei Alekseyevich Veselkin ({{langx|ru|Алексей Алексеевич Весёлкин}}; 21 November 1961 – 26 March 2025) was a Russian actor and television game show presenter and Honoured Artist of Russia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.raz.tv/person/23548/ |title=Алексей Весёлкин. Лица телеканала "РазТВ" |access-date=2016-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303084055/http://www.raz.tv/person/23548/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.rusactors.ru/v/veselkin1/index.shtml rusactors.ru bio Alexei Veselkin][http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/sov/749/bio/ Весёлкин Алексей Алексеевич Alexei Veselkin][http://www.peoples.ru/art/cinema/actor/alexey_veselkin/ Peoples Magazine Bio - Alexei Veselkin (Russian)]{{Cite web |url=http://www.ramt.ru/people/?content=item&item=55&type=5 |title=RAMT Theatre Actors Profile - Alexei Veselkin (Russian) |access-date=2012-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121093959/http://ramt.ru/people/?type=5&content=item&item=55 |archive-date=2013-01-21 |url-status=dead }} He was a visible personality on television and in society magazines during the 1980s and 1990s,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." making a popular comeback in 2006 as the host of Sdelka? (Сделка "Deal?"), the Russian version of the American gameshow Deal or No Deal.[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.] 15 May 2006 "На телевидении 1980—90-х годов Алексей Веселкин был ярким и узнаваемым персонажем. На его счету — весьма известные проекты: "Будильник", "До 16 и старше", "Детский час", "50х50", "Царь горы". В 1999 году, будучи профессиональным актером, он ушел с телевидения и посвятил себя театру. Сегодня шоумен возвращается. С новыми силами и новым игровым проектом "Сделка", который смотрят в 37 странах мира. У нас — на канале REN TV." During 2012, he was also a radio host on Radio Mayak show of Sergei Stillavin,[http://lifenews.ru/news/104124 Lifenews.ru Депутаты требуют наказать ведущих шоу Стиллавина] 21 October 2012 "Ведущие Виктория Колосова, Алексей Веселкин и доктор Давид язвительно шутили над людьми, страдающими муковисцидозом. " 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.Izvestia: [http://izvestia.ru/news/538176 Экс-ведущий «Маяка» Весёлкин: «Мне жалко только Колосову»] 22 October 2012 Veselkin returned to his previous position as a staff actor at the {{ill|Russian Academic Youth Theatre|ru|Российский академический молодёжный театр}}.

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.{{Cite web |url=https://ptzgovorit.ru/news/umer-zasluzhennyy-artist-rossii-aleksey-veselkin|title=Умер заслуженный артист России Алексей Веселкин|date=27 March 2025|access-date=27 March 2025|publisher=ptzgovorit.ru|language=Russian}}{{Cite web |url=https://ramt.ru/news/ushel-iz-zhizni-aleksey-veselkin/|title=Ушел из жизни Алексей Веселкин|date=27 March 2025|access-date=27 March 2025|publisher={{ill|Russian Academic Youth Theatre|ru|Российский академический молодёжный театр}}|language=Russian}}