The voice for GEICO's Gecko is British actor and comedian Jake Wood. Mr. Wood's British accent is often mistaken to be Australian, however, rest assured the Gecko's accent is purely British.
The gecko in the Geico commercials does have a cockney (poor) British accent.
While often mistaken for Australian, the GEICO gecko's accent is British. More precisely, southeast English (London or home counties). The British/Australian mix-up is used to comic effect in a commercial set in a boardroom meeting. In the wild they are found in warm climates around the world.
The Geico gecko only exsists in the Geico commercials,so this means that in real life,the Geico gecko is not real.
The Gecko from the Geico commercial is named Martin after The Martin Agency in Richmond, VA. While often mistaken for Australian, the GEICO gecko's accent is British. More precisely, southeast English, around London. See the link below for more of a biography. His name is clearly not Stanley as stated in a 2010 commercial in which he says, "My name is not Stanley . . . I'd hate to be Stanley."
No, the voice of the gecko is Jake Wood, a British comedian.
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It does not have either of those accents. In one of the latest commercials he says he isn't British or Australian. I was searching and i found out he has a New Zealand accent.
This is from the "Geico" commercial where the gecko is in the refrigerator looking for his egg salad.
the geico gecko is a species phesulma (day geckos). He is a giant madagascar day geckoPhelsuma madagascariensis grandis. A species native to Madagascar, being the largest species of the day gecko, and due to this little green fella we see on commercials, they are one of the most well known day gecko species.
If your talking about accent, then no. He is British.If your talking about where he lives, like the other user mentioned, he is from Madagascar being a Giant Madagascar Day Gecko!- The Leopard Gecko Girl