Jake Wood
Jul 12, 1972 (52 years old) in
Westminster, London, England, UK
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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- 2024 · Legend of the Lizard as The Gecko
- 2020 · EastEnders: Secrets from the Square as Himself
- 2020 · Beat the Chasers as Self
- 2018 · Celebrity Catchphrase as Self - Contestant
- 2017 · Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
- 2016 · The Best of Strictly Come Dancing - Len's Grand Finale as
- 2014 · Virtually Famous as Self - Panelist
- 2010 · EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford as Max Branning
- 2008 · Celebrity Juice as Self
- 2006 · The Illusionist as Jurka
- 2006 · Mayo as Dermot Voss
- 2005 · The Golden Hour as PC Alex Ryan
- 2005 · Uncle Adolf as Emil Maurice
- 2004 · The Aryan Couple as Dressler
- 2004 · Vera Drake as Ruffian
- 2004 · Doc Martin as Jimmy Dobbs
- 2003 · Celebrity Mastermind as Self - Contestant
- 2003 · The Crooked Man as George
- 2003 · Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie as Jimmy Dobbs
- 2002 · Lenny Blue as DS Pete Ainsworth
- 2002 · Sunday as Checkpoint Soldier
- 2001 · Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes as Judd
- 2001 · Watchmen as Tony
- 2001 · Murder in Mind as Karl Kruger
- 2001 · In Deep as Rio
- 2000 · Tough Love as DC Pete Ainsworth
- 2000 · The Wilsons as
- 1999 · Tube Tales as James (segment "Grasshopper")
- 1998 · Dad Savage as Sav
- 1997 · Trial & Retribution as
- 1997 · Gobble as Androcles
- 1996 · Crimetime as Assistant Director
- 1996 · Silent Witness as Karl Benson
- 1995 · The Thin Blue Line as Carol Singer
- 1995 · Eleven Men Against Eleven as Mick
- 1995 · Soccer AM as Self
- 1994 · A Breed of Heroes as L. Cpl. Stagg
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1992 · A Touch of Frost as
- 1991 · Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors as Bert
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as Derek
- 1991 · Skulduggery as Hank
- 1990 · Children Crossing as Sailor
- 1990 · Nightingales as The Burglar
- 1990 · One Foot In the Grave as
- 1989 · Somewhere to Run as Liam
- 1989 · Press Gang as Jack
- 1989 · Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie as
- 1989 · Never Come Morning as Johnny
- 1988 · Red Dwarf as Kill Crazy
- 1987 · Scoop as Paper Boy
- 1987 · Inspector Morse as Jimmy
- 1986 · Casualty as Rhys Proctor
- 1986 · Casualty as Toby Grant
- 1985 · Flesh + Blood as Little John
- 1985 · EastEnders as Max Branning
- 1985 · EastEnders as Jackson
- 1984 · Miss Marple as Bert
- 1980 · The Gentle Touch as
- 1979 · Minder as Wasp