So far, the police outside the White House have been creating a ‘media pen’ for photographers and videographers during the Keystone XL protest. For those of us in the pen, the protest proceeds in much the same way each day: protesters assemble, warnings are given, and then arrests begin.

On every day except one, the officer reading the warnings has been the same man. He does his job well, and we photographers agree that he has strengths in presence and delivery. As such, we have been joking that he could have a promising career ahead of him in feature films and have given him the nickname ‘Officer Hollywood’.

Here is a close-up taken by Shadia. She also has one of him reading the warning. Josh has one of him talking with our police liason.

The officer in the middle here also has quite a winning smile and lighthearted posture.

All this may be reflective of the mind-addling consequences of spending hours every day standing unshaded in the August sun.