Jake Wood (born 12 July, 1972 in London) is an English 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 also 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. However, he is about to be killed off.
Wood married wife Alison in 2001, they have one daughter named Amber and are expecting their second child.
Jacob "Jake" Wood Jr. (June 22, 1937), was a Major League Baseball player who played seven seasons in the Major Leagues with the Detroit Tigers (1961-1967) and Cincinnati Reds (1967). Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Wood was the Tigers' starting second baseman from 1961-1963. After 1963, Wood was a utility infielder and backup second baseman. Wood was a career .250 hitter with a .312 on base percentage. He was No. 3 in the American League in stolen bases in 1961 (30), 1962 (24), and 1963(18). In his rookie season, 1961, Wood was also among the American League leaders in runs (96), hits (171), and games (162). He led the AL in triples in 1961 with 14 and in strikeouts with 141.
