braugher appeared on the tv series "house, m.d." as dr. darryl nolan, a psychiatrist who helps house recover from his addiction to vicodin. he also appeared in the tnt series "men of a certain age", for which he was nominated twice as primetime emmy award for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. he also voiced the villain darkseid in the animated film, "". braugher co-starred in the manhattan theatre club's production of "the whipping man", off-broadway, for a limited run from january–march 2011. he narrated the introduction to the olympic games on nbc from 2006 to 2010, succeeding james earl jones in the role. braugher also narrated james patterson's alex cross book "cross fire" (2010).