Cast & creator
Jake Wood
Best known for EastEnders, EastEnders, Casualty
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.
Also known as: Jake Dylan Wood
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film credits
37
television credits
65
1979–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (65)
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EastEnders
Max Branning
1985EastEnders
Jackson
1985
Casualty
Rhys Proctor
1986Casualty
Toby Grant
1986
Silent Witness
Karl Benson
1996
Minder
Wasp
1979
Screen Two
Sailor
1985
GMTV
Self
1993
Celebrity Juice
Self
2008
A Touch of Frost
Pte. Kemp
1992
Red Dwarf
Kill Crazy
1988
Inspector Morse
Jimmy
1987
Soccer AM
Self
1995
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
2017
Celebrity Mastermind
Self - Contestant
2003
Celebrity Catchphrase
Self - Contestant
2018
Screen One
LCpl. Stagg
1989
Trial & Retribution
Barridge
1997
Dramarama
Footballer
1983
Murder in Mind
Karl Kruger
2001
Murder Most Horrid
Derek
1991
Virtually Famous
Self - Panelist
2014
The Thin Blue Line
Carol Singer
1995
One Foot in the Grave
1st Yob
1990
Press Gang
Jack
1989
The Illusionist
Jurka
2006
Grease Monkeys
Happy
2003
Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
Judd
2001
Beat the Chasers
Self
2020
In Deep
Rio
2001
Lenny Blue
DS Pete Ainsworth
2002
Flesh + Blood
Little John
1985
Nightingales
The Burglar
1990
EastEnders: Secrets from the Square
Himself
2020
Mayo
Dermot Voss
2006
A Little Princess
Delivery Boy
1987
Vera Drake
Ruffian
2004
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
Bert
1991The Wilsons
2000
Archer's Goon
Ginger
1992
The Golden Hour
PC Alex Ryan
2005
Uncle Adolf
Emil Maurice
2005
Tube Tales
James (segment "Grasshopper")
1999
Dad Savage
Sav
1998
Wolf Garden
John (voice)
2023Skulduggery
Hank
1991
Doc Martin and the Legend of the Cloutie
Jimmy Dobbs
2003
Crimetime
Assistant Director
1996
The Aryan Couple
Dressler
2004
National Theatre Live: London Tide
Gaffer Hexam
2024
Sunday
Checkpoint Soldier
2002
A Breed of Heroes
L. Cpl. Stagg
1994
Scoop
Paper Boy
1987
Eleven Men Against Eleven
Mick
1995
EastEnders: Last Tango in Walford
Max Branning
2010
Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie
1989
Children Crossing
Sailor
1990Tough Love
DC Pete Ainsworth
2000
Legend of the Lizard
The Gecko
2024
Never Come Morning
Johnny
1989
Gobble
Androcles
1997
The Crooked Man
George
2003
The Best of Strictly Come Dancing - Len's Grand Finale
2016
Watchmen
Tony
2001Somewhere to Run
Liam
1989