It’s Denzel Washington’s Empire

There’s not a more menacing or imposing smile in the movies than Denzel Washington’s, which is funny, because his grin is nevertheless the brightest, broadest, most handsome smile you’ve ever seen—at least in interviews, when he’s not in character as a vengeful ex-Marine or crooked cop. This smile is sometimes righteous, sometimes vicious, and almost always a sign of some immensely gratifying comeuppance. In so many roles, time and again, Washington stops in his tracks, cocks his head, and flashes those pearly whites in a manner of saying: you just fucked up.