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.

Filmography

• 20261780 — Samuel
• 2026The King of Black Goo — Lou, Executive Producer
• 2026The Napa Boys — The Sommelier
• 2026the death — Director of Photography
• 2024Carved — Bill
• 2024The Open Door — Framton Nuttel
• Bookie — Alan
• Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities — Jenkins Brown
• 2022Turning Point — Casper
• 2020Buzz Off — Freddie
• Creepshow — Clark Wilson
• 2018Bigger — Michael Steere
• 2017Buster's Mal Heart — Brown (The Last Free Man)
• The Jim Jefferies Show — Crisis Actor
• Time Traveling Bong — Future Man
• 2015November Rule — Kareem
• The Man in the High Castle — Ed McCarthy
• Fargo — Golem
• Z Nation — Citizen Z
• Legit — Billy Nugent
• 2013Pawn Shop Chronicles — JJ
• Perception — Agent Rudy Fleckner
• 2012Small Apartments — Artie
• 2011Amigo — Zeke
• 2011Running Mates — Graham 'One-Ball' Jones
• Hawaii Five-0 — Marshall Demps
• Memphis Beat — Police Officer Davey Sutton
• 2009All About Steve — Howard
• 2009Circle of Eight — Randall
• 2009Last Day of Summer — Joe, Executive Producer
• 2009Road Trip: Beer Pong — Kyle
• Breaking Bad — Getz
• 2008Familiar Strangers — Kenny Worthington
• 2008Good Behavior — Donnie Stryker
• 2008The Company Man — Guy
• 2007Delta Farce — Everett
• 2007I'm Reed Fish — Andrew
• The Big Bang Theory — Toby Loobenfeld
• American Dad! — Martin / Fast-talking Kid (voice)
• Criminal Minds — Richard Slessman
• 2005Hustle & Flow — Shelby
• 2005Little Athens — Cory
• My Name Is Earl — Ray-Ray
• Numb3rs — Anthony Braxton
• Supernatural — Garth Fitzgerald, Garth Fitzgerald
• Lost — Johnny
• 2003The Core — Theodore Donald 'Rat' Finch
• 2002Big Trouble — Andrew
• 2002Comic Book Villains — Archie
• 2002Lone Star State of Mind — Junior
• Monk — Rufus the Computer Geek
• 2002The New Guy — Dizzy Harrison / Gil Harris
• 2001Chasing Holden — Neil Lawrence
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Robbie Boatman
• Scrubs — Josh
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Henry Briney
• 2000Cherry Falls — Wally
• 2000Road Trip — Kyle
• Family Guy — Centipede (voice)
• Mama Flora's Family — Jason
• EP Daily

Appearances as themselves (8)

• Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry — Self - Guest
• Celebrity Name Game — Self
• 2012Vanilla Ice Archive — Self (archive footage)
• Conan — Self, Self - Guest
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson — Self
• 2004Britney Spears: Greatest Hits - My Prerogative — Self
• Punk'd — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest