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?
[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.