1. Jake Dylan Wood was born on 12 July 1972 and is a British actor and podcaster from Westminster, known for his role as Max Branning in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
20 Facts About Jake Wood
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Jake Wood has made guest appearances in series including Only Fools and Horses and Red Dwarf.
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In 2014, Wood competed on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing alongside professional dancer Janette Manrara.
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Jake Wood was born in Westminster, London, to an English father and a French mother.
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Jake Wood attended City of London Academy Highbury Grove and trained as an actor at the Anna Scher Drama School in Islington, North London.
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Jake Wood's first acting role was in the 1984 television series The Gentle Touch.
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Jake Wood 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, Casualty, In Deep, Sean's Show, Inspector Morse Driven to Distraction 1989, One Foot in the Grave, Red Dwarf, A Touch of Frost, The Bill, Le Cafe des Reves, Sea of Souls, Doc Martin and The Thin Blue Line.
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Jake Wood has appeared in the films Flesh and Blood with Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh, Crimetime with Stephen Baldwin, Tube Tales, The Aryan Couple and The Illusionist opposite Edward Norton.
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Jake Wood starred in the 1989 Yellow pages TV Advert, entitled "Party Party" and, until 2015, was the voice of the GEICO gecko advertisements on American television.
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Jake Wood featured alongside Cobent CTO and ex-Metal Hammer journalist Tony Dillon as part of a team presenting Click, a computer games magazine on video in the early 1990s.
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In 1989, Jake Wood appeared in Only Fools and Horses as an assistant for Rodney Trotter, in the episode The Jolly Boys' Outing.
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Jake Wood played the eldest son, Dougie, in sitcom family The Wilsons.
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In early 1990s, Jake Wood portrayed the role of Jackson in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a minor character who met Diane Butcher while she was sleeping rough on the streets of London.
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Jake Wood was later cast to play the regular character Max Branning from June 2006 to February 2021.
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In 2014, Jake Wood took part in the 12th series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Jake Wood was partnered with Janette Manrara, reaching the semi-final.
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In May 2015, Jake Wood announced that he would be taking a year-long break from EastEnders.
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In January 2018, Jake Wood started hosting a boxing podcast, Pound for Pound, with Spencer Oliver.
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In September 2020, it was announced that Jake Wood would be departing from the cast of EastEnders after fifteen years in the role, with Max being written out as part of an "explosive exit".
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Jake Wood is a fan of Arsenal and took part in the 2007 Great North Run.