Acting
DJ Qualls
EN cinema · 36 credits
Born
10 June 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Also known as Donald Joseph Qualls · دی جی کوالز
DJ Qualls is an American actor best known for his roles in the films Road Trip, The New Guy, and Hustle & Flow. He has also made appearances on the TV series Supernatural, Lost, Scrubs, and The Big Bang Theory, and he was cast in a regular role as Citizen Z on the Syfy series Z Nation. He overcame a diagnosis of Hodgkin\'s lymphoma, a type of cancer, at age fourteen. In January 2020, Qualls came out as gay on his Twitter account, stating he was \"tired of worrying about what it would do to my career,\" after announcing it at a Jim Jefferies show in San Diego. Prior to this, he had referenced his sexuality on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in the early 2010s. He got engaged to his Supernatural costar Ty Olsson in May 2024.
Known for
Filmography
1780
as Samuel
The Napa Boys
as The Sommelier
The King of Black Goo
as Lou, Executive Producer
the death
Director of Photography
Carved
as Bill
The Open Door
as Framton Nuttel
Turning Point
as Casper
Buzz Off
as Freddie
Bigger
as Michael Steere
Buster's Mal Heart
as Brown (The Last Free Man)
November Rule
as Kareem
Small Apartments
as Artie
Vanilla Ice Archive
2012
Vanilla Ice Archive
as Self (archive footage)
Amigo
as Zeke
Running Mates
as Graham 'One-Ball' Jones
All About Steve
as Howard
Circle of Eight
as Randall
Last Day of Summer
as Joe, Executive Producer
Familiar Strangers
as Kenny Worthington
Good Behavior
2008
Good Behavior
as Donnie Stryker
Delta Farce
as Everett
I'm Reed Fish
as Andrew
Hustle & Flow
as Shelby
Little Athens
as Cory
The Core
as Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch
The New Guy
as Dizzy Harrison / Gil Harris
Lone Star State of Mind
as Junior
Comic Book Villains
as Archie
Big Trouble
as Andrew
Chasing Holden
as Neil Lawrence
Road Trip
as Kyle
Cherry Falls
as Wally