Jake Wood
Acting
- Born:
- 1972-07-12
- Place of birth:
- Westminster, London, England, UK
Biography
Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July 1972) is a British actor and podcaster from Westminster, known for his role as Max Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders. He has also made guest appearances in series including Only Fools and Horses and Red Dwarf. In 2014, Wood competed on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional dancer Janette Manrara. In the United States, he is known as the voice of the GEICO gecko in a series of television adverts for the American insurance company GEICO. In 2018, he began co-hosting Pound for Pound, a boxing podcast with Spencer Oliver.
Known For
Filmography
National Theatre Live: London Tide
Legend of the Lizard
Wolf Garden
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square
Beat the Chasers
Celebrity Catchphrase
House of Games
The Best of Strictly Come Dancing - Len's Grand Finale
Virtually Famous
EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford
Celebrity Juice
The Illusionist
Mayo
The Golden Hour
Uncle Adolf
The Aryan Couple
Vera Drake
Celebrity Mastermind
The Crooked Man
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Grease Monkeys
Lenny Blue
Sunday
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Watchmen
Murder in Mind
In Deep
Tough Love
The Wilsons
Tube Tales
Dad Savage
Trial & Retribution
Gobble
Crimetime
Silent Witness
The Thin Blue Line
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Soccer AM
A Breed of Heroes
GMTV
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
A Touch of Frost
Archer's Goon
Murder Most Horrid
Skulduggery
Children Crossing
Nightingales
One Foot in the Grave
Screen One
Somewhere to Run
Press Gang
Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie
Never Come Morning
The Lowdown
Red Dwarf
Scoop
A Little Princess
Inspector Morse
Casualty
Flesh + Blood
EastEnders
Screen Two
Dramarama
Minder