DJ Qualls

DJ Qualls

Known for
Acting
Born
June 10, 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Biography

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

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Filmography

2026
1780 poster

1780

Movie · as Samuel

2026
The Napa Boys poster

The Napa Boys

Movie · as The Sommelier

2026
The King of Black Goo poster

The King of Black Goo

Movie · as Lou

2024
Carved poster

Carved

Movie · as Bill

2024
The Open Door poster

The Open Door

Movie · as Framton Nuttel

2023
Bookie poster

Bookie

TV · as Alan · 3 eps

2022
Turning Point poster

Turning Point

Movie · as Casper

2022
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities poster

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

TV · as Jenkins Brown · 1 ep

2020
Buzz Off poster

Buzz Off

Movie · as Freddie

2019
Creepshow poster

Creepshow

TV · as Clark Wilson · 1 ep

2018
Bigger poster

Bigger

Movie · as Michael Steere

2017
Buster's Mal Heart poster

Buster's Mal Heart

Movie · as Brown (The Last Free Man)

2017
The Jim Jefferies Show poster

The Jim Jefferies Show

TV · as Crisis Actor · 1 ep

2016
Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry poster

Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2016
Time Traveling Bong poster

Time Traveling Bong

TV · as Future Man · 2 eps

2015
November Rule poster

November Rule

Movie · as Kareem

2015
The Man in the High Castle poster

The Man in the High Castle

TV · as Ed McCarthy · 30 eps

2014
Z Nation poster

Z Nation

TV · as Citizen Z · 56 eps

2014
Fargo poster

Fargo

TV · as Golem · 2 eps

2014
Celebrity Name Game poster

Celebrity Name Game

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
Pawn Shop Chronicles poster

Pawn Shop Chronicles

Movie · as JJ

2013
Legit poster

Legit

TV · as Billy Nugent · 26 eps

2012
Small Apartments poster

Small Apartments

Movie · as Artie

2012
Vanilla Ice Archive

Vanilla Ice Archive

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2012
Perception poster

Perception

TV · as Agent Rudy Fleckner · 5 eps

2011
Amigo poster

Amigo

Movie · as Zeke

2011
Running Mates poster

Running Mates

Movie · as Graham 'One-Ball' Jones

2010
Memphis Beat poster

Memphis Beat

TV · as Police Officer Davey Sutton · 20 eps

2010
Conan poster

Conan

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Marshall Demps · 1 ep

2009
Road Trip: Beer Pong poster

Road Trip: Beer Pong

Movie · as Kyle

2009
All About Steve poster

All About Steve

Movie · as Howard

2009
Circle of Eight poster

Circle of Eight

Movie · as Randall

2009
Last Day of Summer poster

Last Day of Summer

Movie · as Joe

2008
Familiar Strangers poster

Familiar Strangers

Movie · as Kenny Worthington

2008
The Company Man poster

The Company Man

Movie · as Guy

2008
Good Behavior

Good Behavior

Movie · as Donnie Stryker

2008
Breaking Bad poster

Breaking Bad

TV · as Getz · 1 ep

2007
Delta Farce poster

Delta Farce

Movie · as Everett

2007
I'm Reed Fish poster

I'm Reed Fish

Movie · as Andrew

2007
The Big Bang Theory poster

The Big Bang Theory

TV · as Toby Loobenfeld · 1 ep

2005
Hustle & Flow poster

Hustle & Flow

Movie · as Shelby

2005
Little Athens poster

Little Athens

Movie · as Cory

2005
Numb3rs poster

Numb3rs

TV · as Anthony Braxton · 1 ep

2005
My Name Is Earl poster

My Name Is Earl

TV · as Ray-Ray · 3 eps

2005
Criminal Minds poster

Criminal Minds

TV · as Richard Slessman · 1 ep

2005
Supernatural poster

Supernatural

TV · as Garth Fitzgerald, Garth Fitzgerald · 4 eps

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Martin / Fast-talking Kid (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative poster

Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative

Movie · as Self

2004
Lost poster

Lost

TV · as Johnny · 1 ep

2003
The Core poster

The Core

Movie · as Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch

2003
Punk'd poster

Punk'd

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
The New Guy poster

The New Guy

Movie · as Dizzy Harrison / Gil Harris

2002
Lone Star State of Mind poster

Lone Star State of Mind

Movie · as Junior

2002
Comic Book Villains poster

Comic Book Villains

Movie · as Archie

2002
Big Trouble poster

Big Trouble

Movie · as Andrew

2002
Monk poster

Monk

TV · as Rufus the Computer Geek · 1 ep

2001
Chasing Holden poster

Chasing Holden

Movie · as Neil Lawrence

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Robbie Boatman · 1 ep

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as Josh · 1 ep

2000
Road Trip poster

Road Trip

Movie · as Kyle

2000
Cherry Falls poster

Cherry Falls

Movie · as Wally

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Henry Briney · 1 ep

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Centipede (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Mama Flora's Family poster

Mama Flora's Family

TV · as Jason · 2 eps

1997
EP Daily poster

EP Daily

TV · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps