Denzel Washington
Without a doubt, Washington gets the Yul Brynner role.
He is the bonafide leader of the pack. Washington is classically trained, but he appears just as comfortable spouting Shakespeare as he does throwing punches.
His movie The Equalizer is a box-office juggernaut.
But his street cred expanded exponentially after Training Day.
Also, if you’ve seen Man on Fire, one can never seriously ever challenge Washington’s tough guy status ever again.