Jake Wood
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Wood at the 2011 British Soap Awards
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| Born |
Jake Dylan Wood 12 July 1972 Westminster, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Anna Scher Drama School |
| Occupation | Actor, Voice-Actor |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Known for |
Grease Monkeys (2003) EastEnders (2006–present) Strictly Come Dancing (2014) |
| Spouse(s) | Alison Wood |
| Children | 2 |
Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July 1972) is a British actor, best known in his native United Kingdom for playing Max Branning in long-running BBC soap opera EastEnders and in the United States as the voice of the GEICO gecko. He is also well known as Kill Crazy in the eighth series of the sitcom Red Dwarf.
Wood was born in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom and he trained as an actor at the Anna Scher Drama School in Islington, North London.
His first acting role was in the 1984 television series The Gentle Touch.
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, Le Café des Rêves, 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 (2004), The Aryan Couple (2004), The Illusionist (2006) opposite Edward Norton and "Dad Savage" (1998) with Patrick Stewart.
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