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DJ Qualls

Known for acting · Born 12 June 1978 · 48 · Nashville, Tennessee, USA

71 credits

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.

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Known for

Z Nation

2014

The Man in the High Castle

2015

The New Guy

2002

Road Trip

2000

The Core

2003

Buster's Mal Heart

2017

All About Steve

2009

Legit

2013

Delta Farce

2007

Hustle & Flow

2005

Supernatural

2005

Memphis Beat

2010

Acting (68)

2026The Napa BoysThe SommelierFilm
20261780SamuelFilm
2026The King of Black GooLouFilm
2024CarvedBillFilm
2024The Open DoorFramton NuttelFilm
2023BookieAlan · 3 episodesSeries
2022Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesJenkins BrownSeries
2022Turning PointCasperFilm
2020Buzz OffFreddieFilm
2019CreepshowClark WilsonSeries
2018BiggerMichael SteereFilm
2017Buster's Mal HeartBrown (The Last Free Man)Film
2017The Jim Jefferies ShowCrisis ActorSeries
2016Time Traveling BongFuture Man · 2 episodesSeries
2016Hollywood Medium with Tyler HenrySelf - GuestSeries
2015The Man in the High CastleEd McCarthy · 30 episodesSeries
2015November RuleKareemFilm
2014FargoGolem · 2 episodesSeries
2014Z NationCitizen Z · 56 episodesSeries
2014Celebrity Name GameSelf · 2 episodesSeries
2013Pawn Shop ChroniclesJJFilm
2013LegitBilly Nugent · 26 episodesSeries
2012PerceptionAgent Rudy Fleckner · 5 episodesSeries
2012Small ApartmentsArtieFilm
2012Vanilla Ice ArchiveSelf (archive footage)Film
2011AmigoZekeFilm
2011Running MatesGraham 'One-Ball' JonesFilm
2010Hawaii Five-0Marshall DempsSeries
2010ConanSelf, Self - GuestSeries
2010Memphis BeatPolice Officer Davey Sutton · 20 episodesSeries
2009All About SteveHowardFilm
2009Road Trip: Beer PongKyleFilm
2009Circle of EightRandallFilm
2009Last Day of SummerJoeFilm
2008Breaking BadGetzSeries
2008Familiar StrangersKenny WorthingtonFilm
2008The Company ManGuyFilm
2008Good BehaviorDonnie StrykerFilm
2007The Big Bang TheoryToby LoobenfeldSeries
2007Delta FarceEverettFilm
2007I'm Reed FishAndrewFilm
2005SupernaturalGarth Fitzgerald · 4 episodes, Garth Fitzgerald · 2 episodesSeries
2005Criminal MindsRichard SlessmanSeries
2005American Dad!Martin / Fast-talking Kid (voice)Series
2005My Name Is EarlRay-Ray · 3 episodesSeries
2005Hustle & FlowShelbyFilm
2005Numb3rsAnthony BraxtonSeries
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelfSeries
2005Little AthensCoryFilm
2004LostJohnnySeries
2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My PrerogativeSelfFilm
2003The CoreTheodore Donald 'Rat' FinchFilm
2003Punk'dSelfSeries
2002MonkRufus the Computer GeekSeries
2002The New GuyDizzy Harrison / Gil HarrisFilm
2002Big TroubleAndrewFilm
2002Lone Star State of MindJuniorFilm
2002Comic Book VillainsArchieFilm
2001Law & Order: Criminal IntentRobbie BoatmanSeries
2001ScrubsJoshSeries
2001Chasing HoldenNeil LawrenceFilm
2000Road TripKyleFilm
2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationHenry BrineySeries
2000Cherry FallsWallyFilm
1999Family GuyCentipede (voice)Series
1998Mama Flora's FamilyJason · 2 episodesSeries
1997EP DailySeries
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest · 3 episodesSeries

Camera (1)

2026the deathDirector of PhotographyFilm

Production (2)

2026The King of Black GooExecutive ProducerFilm
2009Last Day of SummerExecutive ProducerFilm