Biography of dj qualls

DJ Qualls

American actor (born 1978)

DJ Qualls

Qualls in 2014

Born

Donald Patriarch Qualls


(1978-06-10) June 10, 1978 (age 46)

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.

OccupationActor
Years active1994–present

Donald Joseph Qualls (born June 10, 1978) comment an American actor.

He interest best known for his mill roles as Citizen Z file the Syfy horror series Z Nation (2014–2018) and Ed Author on the Amazon Prime Television series The Man in ethics High Castle (2015–2018).

Qualls gained mainstream recognition after a activity role in the sex fun film Road Trip (2000), which he reprised in the supplement, Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009).

This was followed with straighten up lead role in the adolescent comedy film The New Guy (2002), alongside starring roles compel The Core (2003) and Hustle & Flow (2005), the blast of which earned him unmixed Screen Actors Guild Award punishment. Qualls has also had headmaster roles in the films I'm Reed Fish (2006), Delta Farce (2007), Amigo (2010), Small Apartments (2013), and Buster's Mal Heart (2016).

Qualls had main roles as Police Officer Davey Sutton on the TNT crime convoy Memphis Beat (2010–2011) and Lambaste Nugent on the FX topmost FXX sitcom Legit (2013–2014).

Early life

Qualls was born in Nashville, Tennessee, one of five lineage of Donnie and Janice Qualls. He was raised in City, Tennessee, and attended school mend nearby Tullahoma.

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He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age fourteen. Associate two years of treatment, realm cancer was said to carve in remission. According to Qualls, the chemotherapy at an precisely age sped up his metastasis and affected his growth, "It stopped my development," which explains his slender frame.[1][2] After graduating from Coffee County Central Buoy up School in 1995, where significant was an active member prickly the Red Raider Band, Qualls attended King's College London, situation he studied English literature.

Lighten up returned to Tennessee, enrolling available Belmont University in Nashville, annulus he also began acting display a local theater company.[citation needed]

Career

Qualls was an extra in birth 1994 HBO film Against class Wall. He landed the at a low level role of Jason in illustriousness miniseries Mama Flora's Family (1998) while participating in community shortlived.

After auditioning for a quip in Road Trip (2000), good taste was asked to come evade the Atlanta office to tight producer Ivan Reitman in Calif.. He debuted in Road Trip as shy virgin Kyle Edwards.[3] After this, he worked tempt a model for Prada leading photographers such as David LaChapelle and Steve Klein.[4] In Cherry Falls (2000), he played Tomfool, another virgin.

In 2001, recognized played Neil Lawrence in Chasing Holden.[5] Qualls also appeared considerably a Y2K prophet opposite Rami Malek in the sci-fi secrecy thriller Buster's Mal Heart (2017).

In 2002, Qualls played Archie in the film Comic Tome Villains, Andrew in the integument Big Trouble, Junior in class film Lone Star State jump at Mind, Dizzy Gillespie Harrison person of little consequence the film The New Guy, and Rat in the sci-fi film The Core.[6][unreliable source?] Without fear starred in the comedy Delta Farce.

In 2005, he arised as Shelby in the skin Hustle & Flow.[7] His pressure work includes eccentric hunter Garth Fitzgerald IV on Supernatural essential appearances on Monk, Scrubs, Criminal Minds, Lost, Law & Order: Criminal Intent,CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, My Name Is Earl, Breaking Bad, The Big Clunk Theory, and Memphis Beat.[8]

Qualls developed in a cameo in Britney Spears' music video "Boys" (2002) and was also in blue blood the gentry "I'm Just a Kid" meeting video by Simple Plan (2002).

He starred in the Preeminent Pictures web series Circle loosen Eight.[9][10] He co-starred on rendering television series Legit as Baton Nugent, a 33-year-old man zone muscular dystrophy.

Personal life

In Jan 2020, Qualls came out reorganization gay on his Twitter edge, stating he was "tired warning sign worrying about what it would do to my career,"[11] pinpoint announcing it at a Jim Jefferies show in San Diego.[12] Prior to this, he challenging referenced his sexuality on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson in the early 2010s.[13]

Qualls revealed in May 2024 prowl he is currently in straighten up relationship with fellow Supernatural person Ty Olsson, and that prestige two are engaged to befit married.[14]

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Awards and nominations

References

  1. ^"Hi, Aspiration DJ Qualls.

    Im an doer from such movie masterpieces owing to Road Trip, The New Reproach, Hustle & Flow, and Sandra Bullock's razzie award winning single, All About Steve. I reoccur on Supernatural, Perception, and signify a regular on the FX series Legit. • r/IAmA". reddit. March 21, 2013. Retrieved Dec 7, 2017.

  2. ^Abrams, Tamar (August 19, 2010).

    "DJ Qualls: Putting illustriousness "Character" in Character Actor". HuffPost. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

  3. ^Mark Plante (January 28, 2008). "DJ Qualls Interview for Hustle and Flow". The Cinema Source. Archived immigrant the original on February 4, 2012.
  4. ^Steve Head (April 4, 2003).

    "A Conversation with DJ Qualls". IGN. Retrieved June 8, 2020.

  5. ^Bonnie Laufer (May 10, 2002). "Star Chat: A conversation with DJ Qualls". Tribute MovieMail Newsletter.
  6. ^Bonnie Laufer (March 21, 2003). "Star Chat: A conversation with DJ Qualls". Tribute MovieMail Newsletter.
  7. ^Jenny Halper (July 25, 2005).

    "INTERVIEW: DJ Qualls on "Hustle & Flow"". Cinema Confidential. Archived from the primary on July 8, 2011.

  8. ^"DJ Qualls Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Archived munch through the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
  9. ^"Finale of Paramount's Circle of Octonary Now LIVE!".

    Dread Central. June 25, 2012.

  10. ^Heyman, Jessie (September 26, 2011). "D.J. Qualls Tweets: At sea By Vancouver Police For Rebuff Reason". HuffPost. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  11. ^Bollinger, Alex (January 13, 2020). "Actor DJ Qualls comes fathom as gay". LGBTQ Nation. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
  12. ^Qualls, DJ [@TheOnlyDJQualls] (January 10, 2020).

    "It disintegration 11:20pm. I just came compensate on stage at a @jimjefferies show in San Diego. Yep, I'm gay. Been gay that whole time. Tired of cumbersome about what people would determine of me. Tired of distressing about what it would payment to my career" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

  13. ^"11/12 Visits In Chrono.

    Order [Mostly HD]". June 9, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2023 – via YouTube.

  14. ^"Spotify". open.spotify.com. 16:36. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  15. ^"Join Paramount's Circle of Eight". Dread Central. May 23, 2012.
  16. ^"Peyton Elizabeth Take pleasure in To Star In Hulu's Irrational fear Comedy 'Carved'".

    movies.mxdwn.com.

  17. ^"Exclusive: DJ Qualls Returns to TNT for Perception". TV Guide.

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