Jake Wood
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.
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Acting History
2024
National Theatre Live: London Tide as Gaffer Hexam
2024Legend of the Lizard as The Gecko
2020EastEnders: Secrets from the Square as Himself
2020Beat the Chasers as Self
2018Celebrity Catchphrase as Self - Contestant
2017Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
2016The Best of Strictly Come Dancing - Len's Grand Finale
2014Virtually Famous as Self - Panelist
2010EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford as Max Branning
2008Celebrity Juice as Self
2006The Illusionist as Jurka
2006Mayo as Dermot Voss
2005The Golden Hour as PC Alex Ryan
2005Uncle Adolf as Emil Maurice
2004The Aryan Couple as Dressler
2004Vera Drake as Ruffian
2004Doc Martin as Jimmy Dobbs
2003Celebrity Mastermind as Self - Contestant
2003The Crooked Man as George
2003Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie as Jimmy Dobbs
2003Grease Monkeys as Happy
2002Lenny Blue as DS Pete Ainsworth
2002Sunday as Checkpoint Soldier
2001Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes as Judd
2001Watchmen as Tony
2001Murder in Mind as Karl Kruger
2001In Deep as Rio
2000Tough Love as DC Pete Ainsworth
2000The Wilsons
1999Tube Tales as James (segment "Grasshopper")
1998Dad Savage as Sav
1997Trial & Retribution
1997Gobble as Androcles
1996Crimetime as Assistant Director
1996Silent Witness as Karl Benson
1995The Thin Blue Line as Carol Singer
1995Eleven Men Against Eleven as Mick
1995Soccer AM as Self
1994A Breed of Heroes as L. Cpl. Stagg
1993GMTV as Self
1992A Touch of Frost
1992Archer's Goon as Ginger
1991Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Bert
1991Murder Most Horrid as Derek
1991Skulduggery as Hank
1990Children Crossing as Sailor
1990Nightingales as The Burglar
1990One Foot in the Grave as 1st Yob
1989Somewhere to Run as Liam
1989Press Gang as Jack
1989Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie
1989Never Come Morning as Johnny
1988Red Dwarf as Kill Crazy
1987Scoop as Paper Boy
1987Inspector Morse as Jimmy
1986Casualty as Rhys Proctor
1986Casualty as Toby Grant
1985Flesh + Blood as Little John
1985EastEnders as Max Branning
1985EastEnders as Jackson
1980The Gentle Touch
1979Minder as Wasp







