Jake Wood
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Jake Wood July 12 1972 is a British actor.
His first acting role was in the 1985 film Flesh & Blood. He has since appeared in several television series such as Only Fools and Horses,Sean's Show, Inspector Morse, One Foot in the Grave, Red Dwarf, A Touch of Frost, The Bill and Doc Martin. He also appeared in the films Vera Drake and The Illusionist opposite Edward Norton. Additionally, he appeared in Le Café des Rêves, a BBC-produced five-part serial drama produced by the BBC for French students. He appeared as two different characters in the series Press Gang. He made a brief appearance in the episode "The Rest of My Life", and played an accidental killer in "Killer on the Line". He appeared in a few episodes of London's Burning as Kevin Medhurst's delinquent brother's friend.
Jake starred in the 1989 Yellow Pages TV Advert, entitled "Party Party".
Jake Wood is the current voice of the GEICO gecko. Jake 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 '90s.
Since July 2006, he has played Max Branning on the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Wood married wife Alison in 2001, they have one daughter named Amber.
[edit] External links
- Jake Wood at the Internet Movie Database
