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

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

Appearances as themselves (9)

• Beat the Chasers — Self
• EastEnders: Secrets from the Square — Himself
• Celebrity Catchphrase — Self - Contestant
• Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Contestant
• Virtually Famous — Self - Panelist
• Celebrity Juice — Self
• Celebrity Mastermind — Self - Contestant
• Soccer AM — Self
• GMTV — Self