Jake Wood

Born: 1972-07-12, 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.

Filmography

• EastEnders (1985)
• Casualty (1986)
• Silent Witness (1996)
• A Touch of Frost (1992)
• Screen Two (1985)
• Inspector Morse (1987)
• The Thin Blue Line (1995)
• The Illusionist (2006)
• Screen One (1989)
• Murder Most Horrid (1991)
• One Foot in the Grave (1990)
• Press Gang (1989)
• Flesh + Blood (1985)
• In Deep (2001)
• Vera Drake (2004)
• Wolf Garden (2023)
• Tube Tales (1999)
• EastEnders: Secrets from the Square (2020)
• Uncle Adolf (2005)
• Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors (1991)
• Dad Savage (1998)
• The Aryan Couple (2004)
• Crimetime (1996)
• A Breed of Heroes (1994)
• Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie (2003)
• Eleven Men Against Eleven (1995)
• Never Come Morning (1989)
• National Theatre Live: London Tide (2024)
• Children Crossing (1990)
• Gobble (1997)