Jake Wood Bio - Biography

Name Jake Wood
Height
Naionality English
Date of Birth 12-July-1972
Place of Birth Westminster, London, England
Famous for Acting
Jake Wood is an English actor, best known for playing Max Branning on "EastEnders" and in the United States as the current voice of the GEICO gecko. Wood's first acting role was in the 1985 film Flesh & Blood. He has since appeared in several television series including May to December, Minder, Only Fools and Horses, Nightingales, Murder in Mind, Press Gang, London's Burning, Sean's Show, Inspector Morse, One Foot in the Grave, Red Dwarf, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Sea of Souls and Doc Martin. He made a cameo appearance as a carol singer on The Thin Blue Line and has appeared in the films Vera Drake and The Illusionist opposite Edward Norton. Additionally, he appeared in Le Cafe des Reves, a five-part serial drama produced by the BBC for French students.

Wood starred in the 1989 Yellow Pages TV Advert, entitled "Party Party" and is currently the voice of the GEICO gecko ads on American television. Wood also featured alongside Cobent CTO and ex-Metal Hammer journalist Tony Dillon as part of a team presenting Click, a computer games magazine on VHS video in the early 1990s. Wood also played the eldest son, Dougie, in sitcom family The Wilsons.

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