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name: "DJ Qualls"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dj-qualls"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 June 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T09:50:05.658015+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# DJ Qualls

Actor. Born 12 June 1978 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 June 1978, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- **Active:** 2000–2008
- **Also known as:** Donald Joseph Qualls, دی جی کوالز
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Qualls, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q445638, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0702809/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/132078

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Road Trip*](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md) (64)

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## Biography

DJ Qualls is an American actor. Born Donald Joseph Qualls on 10 June 1978 in Nashville, Tennessee, he was raised in Manchester, Tennessee. He studied English literature at King's College London before returning to Tennessee, where he began acting in local theatre and attended Belmont University. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at the age of fourteen and survived after treatment.

Qualls gained recognition for his supporting role as Kyle in the film *Road Trip* (2000). Subsequent film credits include *The New Guy* (2002), *The Core* (2003) and *Hustle & Flow* (2005). On television he has appeared in series including *Supernatural* as Garth Fitzgerald, *Z Nation* as Citizen Z and *The Man in the High Castle* as Ed McCarthy. In 2024 he announced his engagement to actor Ty Olsson, a *Supernatural* co-star.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Breaking Bad* (2008), Fi1m 91, as Getz — [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Road Trip* (2000), Fi1m 64, as Kyle — [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)

## Complete filmography (59)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *the death* (2026), Director of Photography
- *The King of Black Goo* (2026), as Lou · Executive Producer
- *1780* (2026), as Samuel
- *The Napa Boys* (2026), as The Sommelier
- *Carved* (2024), as Bill
- *The Open Door* (2024), as Framton Nuttel
- *Bookie* (2023), series, as Alan
- *Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities* (2022), series, as Jenkins Brown
- *Turning Point* (2022), as Casper
- *Buzz Off* (2020), as Freddie
- *Creepshow* (2019), series, as Clark Wilson
- *Bigger* (2018), as Michael Steere
- *Buster's Mal Heart* (2017), as Brown (The Last Free Man)
- *Time Traveling Bong* (2016), series, as Future Man
- *November Rule* (2015), as Kareem
- *The Man in the High Castle* (2015), series, as Ed McCarthy
- *Z Nation* (2014), series, as Citizen Z
- *Fargo* (2014), series, as Golem — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/fargo-2014.md)
- *Pawn Shop Chronicles* (2013), as JJ
- *Legit* (2013), series, as Billy Nugent
- *Perception* (2012), series, as Agent Rudy Fleckner
- *Small Apartments* (2012), as Artie
- *Amigo* (2011), as Zeke
- *Running Mates* (2011), as Graham 'One-Ball' Jones
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Marshall Demps
- *Memphis Beat* (2010), series, as Police Officer Davey Sutton
- *Circle of Eight* (2009), as Randall
- *Last Day of Summer* (2009), as Joe · Executive Producer
- *Road Trip: Beer Pong* (2009), as Kyle
- *All About Steve* (2009), as Howard
- *Familiar Strangers* (2008), as Kenny Worthington
- *The Company Man* (2008), as Guy
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, as Getz — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Good Behavior* (2008), as Donnie Stryker
- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), series, as Toby Loobenfeld
- *I'm Reed Fish* (2007), as Andrew
- *Delta Farce* (2007), as Everett
- *Criminal Minds* (2005), series, as Richard Slessman
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, as Ray-Ray
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Garth Fitzgerald, Garth  Fitzgerald
- *Hustle & Flow* (2005), as Shelby
- *Little Athens* (2005), as Cory
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, as Martin / Fast-talking Kid (voice)
- *Numb3rs* (2005), series, as Anthony Braxton
- *Lost* (2004), series, as Johnny — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/lost.md)
- *The Core* (2003), as Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch
- *Comic Book Villains* (2002), as Archie
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Rufus the Computer Geek
- *The New Guy* (2002), as Dizzy Harrison / Gil Harris
- *Lone Star State of Mind* (2002), as Junior
- *Big Trouble* (2002), as Andrew
- *Chasing Holden* (2001), as Neil Lawrence
- *Scrubs* (2001), series, as Josh
- *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* (2001), series, as Robbie Boatman
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Henry Briney
- *Cherry Falls* (2000), as Wally
- *Road Trip* (2000), as Kyle — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/road-trip.md)
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, as Centipede (voice) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *Mama Flora's Family* (1998), series, as Jason

## Gallery

- ![DJ Qualls](https://film.one/media/person/389794/gallery-f3a5a6d503b2.jpg) DJ Qualls — Katherine Kinkead, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/DJ_Qualls_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Taken with the Sony NEX 5N with either the 18-55 mm lens or the e 55-210 lens. (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/389794/gallery-eace2fc20eba.jpg) Taken with the Sony NEX 5N with either the 18-55 mm lens or the e 55-210 lens. (2014) — Katherine Kinkead, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/DJ_Qualls.jpg/1280px-DJ_Qualls.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![DJ Qualls](https://film.one/media/person/389794/gallery-ea92c5e15001.jpg) DJ Qualls — Image via TMDB
- ![DJ Qualls](https://film.one/media/person/389794/gallery-8979ece8f318.jpg) DJ Qualls — Image via TMDB
- ![DJ Qualls](https://film.one/media/person/389794/gallery-063611f011ea.jpg) DJ Qualls — Image via TMDB
- ![DJ Qualls](https://film.one/media/person/389794/gallery-cb7977784fa2.jpg) DJ Qualls — Image via TMDB
- ![DJ Qualls](https://film.one/media/person/389794/gallery-efbae8c1c0ea.jpg) DJ Qualls — Image via TMDB

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