page_title: Jake Wood
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caption_attribution_description: EastEnders actor Jake Wood at the British Soap Awards 2011.
context_page_description: Jake Dylan Wood is an English actor, known for portraying the role of 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 2018, he began co-hosting Pound for Pound, a boxing podcast with Spencer Oliver.
context_section_description: Jake Dylan Wood (born 12 July 1972) is an English actor, known for portraying the role of 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 2018, he began co-hosting Pound for Pound, a boxing podcast with Spencer Oliver.
caption: Wood at the 2011 British Soap Awards
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