Jake Wood
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 Wood at the 2011 British Soap Awards | |
| Born |
Jake Dylan Wood 12 July 1972 Westminster, London, England |
| Occupation | Voice and television actor |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July 1972) is an English actor, best known for playing Max Branning in EastEnders and in the United States as the voice of the GEICO gecko.
Biography
Wood was born in Westminster,[1] London. His first acting role was in the 1985 film Flesh and 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 Café des Rêves, 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 as of the 2010s 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.[2]
In June 2006, he joined the BBC soap opera EastEnders playing Max Branning. In March 2008, he took paternity leave and re-appeared on screen on 23 June 2008. For his work in EastEnders, he has won awards at the British Soap Awards and Inside Soap Awards. He previously played a character in EastEnders called 'Jackson' in 1990.[citation needed]
In 1989, Wood appeared in Only Fools and Horses as an assistant for Rodney Trotter (Nicholas Lyndhurst), in the episode The Jolly Boys' Outing.
In the 8th series of Red Dwarf he played Kill Crazy, a prison inmate.
Wood is a fan of Arsenal[3] and took part in the 2007 Great North Run.[4]
References
- ↑ "Jake Wood on TV.com". TV.com. TV.com. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
- ↑ "The Wilsons Cast and Crew on TV.com". TV.com. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ↑ "BBC Sport - Football - Lawro's Premier League predictions". BBC Online. 6 February 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ↑ "BBC - Tyne - Great North Run - GNR 2007: At the finish". BBC Online. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
External links
- Jake Wood at the Internet Movie Database
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