Jake Wood
Acting • Born 1972-07-12
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
63 credits
The Illusionist
Movie • 2006
Jurka
Somewhere to Run
Movie • 1989
Liam
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Movie • 1991
Bert
Crimetime
Movie • 1996
Assistant Director
Flesh + Blood
Movie • 1985
Little John
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Movie • 2003
Jimmy Dobbs
Gobble
Movie • 1997
Androcles
Dad Savage
Movie • 1998
Sav
Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie
Movie • 1989
Children Crossing
Movie • 1990
Sailor
Tube Tales
Movie • 1999
James (segment "Grasshopper")
Legend of the Lizard
Movie • 2024
The Gecko
Watchmen
Movie • 2001
Tony
Never Come Morning
Movie • 1989
Johnny
EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford
Movie • 2010
Max Branning
Vera Drake
Movie • 2004
Ruffian
Tough Love
Movie • 2000
DC Pete Ainsworth
Lenny Blue
Movie • 2002
DS Pete Ainsworth
The Best of Strictly Come Dancing - Len's Grand Finale
Movie • 2016
Uncle Adolf
Movie • 2005
Emil Maurice
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Movie • 1995
Mick
The Crooked Man
Movie • 2003
George
Sunday
Movie • 2002
Checkpoint Soldier
The Aryan Couple
Movie • 2004
Dressler
A Breed of Heroes
Movie • 1994
L. Cpl. Stagg
Scoop
Movie • 1987
Paper Boy
Skulduggery
Movie • 1991
Hank
National Theatre Live: London Tide
Movie • 2024
Gaffer Hexam
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
Derek
Murder in Mind
TV • 2001
Karl Kruger
Soccer AM
TV • 1995
Self
EastEnders
TV • 1985
Max Branning
The Gentle Touch
TV • 1980
Doc Martin
TV • 2004
Jimmy Dobbs
A Touch of Frost
TV • 1992
Silent Witness
TV • 1996
Karl Benson
Inspector Morse
TV • 1987
Jimmy
One Foot in the Grave
TV • 1990
1st Yob
Red Dwarf
TV • 1988
Kill Crazy
Trial & Retribution
TV • 1997
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
The Wilsons
TV • 2000
Virtually Famous
TV • 2014
Self - Panelist
The Golden Hour
TV • 2005
PC Alex Ryan
In Deep
TV • 2001
Rio
The Thin Blue Line
TV • 1995
Carol Singer
Mayo
TV • 2006
Dermot Voss
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
TV • 2001
Judd
Press Gang
TV • 1989
Jack
Casualty
TV • 1986
Rhys Proctor
Casualty
TV • 1986
Toby Grant
Minder
TV • 1979
Wasp
Beat the Chasers
TV • 2020
Self
Celebrity Juice
TV • 2008
Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017
Self - Contestant
Nightingales
TV • 1990
The Burglar
EastEnders
TV • 1985
Jackson
Celebrity Mastermind
TV • 2003
Self - Contestant
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square
TV • 2020
Himself
Celebrity Catchphrase
TV • 2018
Self - Contestant
Archer's Goon
TV • 1992
Ginger
Grease Monkeys
TV • 2003
Happy
A Little Princess
TV • 1987
Delivery Boy