DJ Qualls

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DJ Qualls
Birth name Donald Joseph Qualls
Born
Nashville, Tennessee
Other name(s) D.J. Qualls
Years active 1998 - Present
Notable roles Kyle Edwards
in Road Trip
Shelby
in Hustle & Flow

Donald Joseph Qualls, from Nashville, Tennessee, is an actor, better known as DJ Qualls.

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[edit] Biography

Qualls was raised in Manchester, Tennessee, as one of five children. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of cancer, at age 14. After two years of surgery (including the removal of his spleen), chemotherapy, and radiation treatments, Qualls's cancer went into remission. The young survivor came to believe that there was something bigger and better out there for him. As a teenager, Qualls went to Camp Horizon. As an adult, Qualls volunteered there as a counselor until his celebrity status made him a distraction. He has since been an advocate for cancer research.

After graduating from Coffee County Central High School in 1992, Qualls was desperate to get out of Tennessee, so he took off for a foreign country where he didn't have to learn a new language. He ended up at King's College London studying English language and literature. He eventually returned to Tennessee after about three years and worked as a paralegal, In 1997 he enrolled at at Nashville's Belmont University.

He was an extra in the HBO movie Against the Wall in 1994. He got the small role of Jason in the television miniseries Mama Flora's Family (1998) while participating for free in Community Theater. After auditioning for a one-liner in Road Trip (2000) he was asked to come from the Atlanta office to meet producer Ivan Reitman in California. Qualls debuted in Road Trip as shy virgin Kyle Edwards. After the movie was released, Qualls was reportedly afraid people would think his personality was the same as that of the character he played in the movie.

[edit] Television and film

After Road Trip, Qualls increasingly worked as a model, working for Prada and with photographers David LaChapelle and Steve Klein. In Cherry Falls (2000) he played Wally, another virgin. In 2001 he played Neil Lawrence in Chasing Holden.

In 2002 he appeared as Archie in Comic Book Villains, as Josh in "My Student" an episode of Scrubs, Andrew in Big Trouble, Junior in Lone Star State of Mind, and Dizzy Gillespie Harrison in The New Guy.

His television work also includes Monk, Criminal Minds, Lost, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI and "Blow", an episode of My Name Is Earl. Qualls spewed a string of profanity when he was chastised for "ruining" the surprise aspect of a surprise party in an episode of Punk'd.

Qualls' next project is a comedy called Delta Farce with Bill Engvall and Larry the Cable Guy.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] External links

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