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Jake Wood

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: Acting

Born: Westminster, London, England, UK, 1972-07-12

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Flesh + Blood	Little John	66
2	1987	Scoop	Paper Boy	48
3	1989	Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie		58
4	1989	Never Come Morning	Johnny	0
5	1989	Somewhere to Run	Liam	0
6	1990	Children Crossing	Sailor	10
7	1991	Skulduggery	Hank	0
8	1991	Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors	Bert	68
9	1994	A Breed of Heroes	L. Cpl. Stagg	10
10	1995	Eleven Men Against Eleven	Mick	63
11	1996	Crimetime	Assistant Director	40
12	1997	Gobble	Androcles	0
13	1998	Dad Savage	Sav	60
14	1999	Tube Tales	James (segment "Grasshopper")	51
15	2000	Tough Love	DC Pete Ainsworth	0
16	2001	Watchmen	Tony	74
17	2002	Sunday	Checkpoint Soldier	74
18	2002	Lenny Blue	DS Pete Ainsworth	0
19	2003	Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie	Jimmy Dobbs	64
20	2003	The Crooked Man	George	0
21	2004	Vera Drake	Ruffian	72
22	2004	The Aryan Couple	Dressler	61
23	2005	Uncle Adolf	Emil Maurice	60
24	2006	The Illusionist	Jurka	73
25	2010	EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford	Max Branning	0
26	2016	The Best of Strictly Come Dancing - Len's Grand Finale		0
27	2024	Legend of the Lizard	The Gecko	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	Minder	Wasp	68
2	1980	The Gentle Touch		69
3	1985	EastEnders	Max Branning	41
4	1985	EastEnders	Jackson	41
5	1986	Casualty	Rhys Proctor	61
6	1986	Casualty	Toby Grant	61
7	1987	Inspector Morse	Jimmy	78
8	1988	Red Dwarf	Kill Crazy	81
9	1989	Press Gang	Jack	75
10	1990	One Foot in the Grave	1st Yob	76
11	1990	Nightingales	The Burglar	64
12	1991	Murder Most Horrid	Derek	66
13	1992	Archer's Goon	Ginger	0
14	1992	A Touch of Frost		75
15	1993	GMTV	Self	56
16	1995	Soccer AM	Self	60
17	1995	The Thin Blue Line	Carol Singer	71
18	1996	Silent Witness	Karl Benson	76
19	1997	Trial & Retribution		68
20	2000	The Wilsons		60
21	2001	In Deep	Rio	100
22	2001	Murder in Mind	Karl Kruger	84
23	2001	Murder Rooms: Mysteries of the Real Sherlock Holmes	Judd	78
24	2003	Celebrity Mastermind	Self - Contestant	60
25	2004	Doc Martin	Jimmy Dobbs	82
26	2005	The Golden Hour	PC Alex Ryan	0
27	2006	Mayo	Dermot Voss	42
28	2008	Celebrity Juice	Self	65
29	2014	Virtually Famous	Self - Panelist	70
30	2017	Richard Osman's House of Games	Self - Contestant	60
31	2018	Celebrity Catchphrase	Self - Contestant	0
32	2020	Beat the Chasers	Self	76
33	2020	EastEnders: Secrets from the Square	Himself	100