# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jake-wood
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:16.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jake-wood"
name: "Jake Wood"
slug: "jake-wood"
description: "Jake Dylan Wood is a British actor and podcaster from Westminster, known for his role as 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 a series of television adverts for the American insurance company GEICO. In 2018, he began co-hosting Pound for Pound, a boxing podcast with Spencer Oliver."
tagline: "English actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jake_Wood.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1972-07-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.68
  momentum:             7.664399092970522
  historical:           16.90415866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mrjakedwood"
    handle:    "mrjakedwood"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0939766/"
    handle:    "nm0939766"
sources:
  - url: "https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "جيك وود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%AF"
    title: "جیک وود"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%9C%EC%9D%B4%ED%81%AC_%EC%9A%B0%EB%93%9C"
    title: "제이크 우드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Wood"
    title: "Jake Wood"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3075458"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump