DJ Qualls Biography

Donald Joseph "DJ" Qualls (born June 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian known for his work in films such as The New Guy, Road Trip, and Hustle & Flow, and for appearances on television series such as Legit, Supernatural, Scrubs, Lost, CSI and The Big Bang Theory.

Early life

Qualls was born to Debbie and Connie Qualls in Nashville, Tennessee, and was one of five children. He was raised in Manchester, Tennessee, and attended school nearby. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 14, and after two years of treatment, his cancer was said to be in remission.

After graduating from Coffee County Central High School, in Manchester, Tennessee, Qualls attended the University of London in England where he studied English and literature. He returned to Tennessee and enrolled in Belmont University in Nashville, where he also began acting in a local theatre company.

Career

He was an extra in the HBO movie Against the Wall in 1994. He landed the small role of Jason in the television miniseries Mama Flora's Family (1998) while participating for free in Community Theater. After auditioning for a one-liner in Road Trip (2000) he was asked to come from the Atlanta office to meet producer Ivan Reitman in California. Qualls debuted in Road Trip as shy virgin Kyle Edwards.

After Road Trip, Qualls increasingly worked as a model, working for Prada and with photographers David LaChapelle and Steve Klein. In Cherry Falls (2000), he played Wally, another virgin again. In 2001 he played Neil Lawrence in Chasing Holden.

In 2002, he appeared as Archie in the film Comic Book Villains, Andrew in Big Trouble, Junior in Lone Star State of Mind, Dizzy Gillespie Harrison in The New Guy, and Rat in the sci-fi film The Core. Qualls starred in the comedy Delta Farce with Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy.

In 2005, Qualls appeared in the movie Hustle & Flow in a supporting role as Shelby.

His television work includes appearances on Supernatural, Monk, Scrubs, Criminal Minds, Lost, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI, Numb3rs, My Name Is Earl, Breaking Bad, The Big Bang Theory, and Memphis Beat, as well as his current role as Billy Nugent, a 33 year old man with Paralyzing Muscular Dystrophy on the television series Legit, alongside a fictionalized version of Jim Jefferies.

Qualls appeared in a cameo in Britney Spears' music video "Boys" and was also in the "I'm Just a Kid" music video by Simple Plan. He stars in the Paramount Pictures web series Circle of Eight.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Road Trip	Kyle Edwards
2000	Cherry Falls	Wally
2001	Chasing Holden	Neil Lawrence
2002	Comic Book Villains	Archie	Co-producer
2002	Big Trouble	Andrew
2002	Lone Star State of Mind	Junior
2002	The New Guy	Dizzy Gillespie Harrison / Gil Harris
2003	The Core	Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch
2005	Hustle & Flow	Shelby
2005	Little Athens	Cory
2006	I'm Reed Fish	Andrew
2007	Delta Farce	Private Everett Shackleford
2008	Familiar Strangers	Kenny Worthington
2009	Road Trip: Beer Pong	Kyle Edwards
2009	All About Steve	Howard
2009	Circle of Eight	Randall
2010	Last Day of Summer	Joe	Executive producer
2010	Amigo
2011	Running Mates	Graham "One Ball" Jones
2013	Pawn Shop Chronicles	JJ

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Mama Flora's Family	Jason
2002	Scrubs	Josh	Episode: "My Student"
2005	Lost	Johnny	Episode: "Everybody Hates Hugo"
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Robie Boatman	Episode: "Scared Crazy"
2005	Criminal Minds	Richard Slessman	Episode: "Extreme Aggressor"
2006	Monk	Rufus	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Big Reward"
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Henry Garden	Episode: "Post Mortem"
2007	Numb3rs	Anthony Braxton	Episode: "Primacy"
2007	My Name Is Earl	Ray-Ray	Episodes: "Blow" and "Midnight Bun"
2008	The Big Bang Theory	Toby Loobenfeld	Episode: "The Loobenfeld Decay"
2009	Breaking Bad	Getz	Episode: "Better Call Saul"
2010	Memphis Beat	Davey Sutton	20 Episodes(Series Regular)
2011"present	Supernatural	Garth Fitzgerald IV	Episodes: "Season Seven, Time for a Wedding!" "Party on, Garth" "Southern Comfort"
2013	Legit	Billy
2013	Perception	Agent Rudy Fleckner	Episode: "Caleidoscope" "Defective"