Donald Joseph Qualls is a Nashville, Tennessee-born American actor, film producer as well as a model. “DJ Qualls” was born on June 10, 1972, and is best known for his performances in movies like “Road Trip”, “Hustle & Flow” and many more. A prominent face in the entertainment industry of America, DJ Qualls has been active in the field since 1995.
A popular name on television as well as in movies, how rich is DJ Qualls at this time? As of 2015, Qualls counts his wealth at an amount estimated by sources of over $5 million, the major source of income being his acting career, but additionally earning significantly from being a producer, while his modeling career has also helped him add to his net worth.
DJ Qualls Net Worth $5 Million
Qualls was raised in Manchester, Tennessee, at the age of 14 being diagnosed with “Hodgkin’s Lymphoma”. After two years of intensive treatment, he was able to survive it as the cancer was in remission. Later, Qualls went on to London and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English language and literature from the University of London. Inclined towards acting, he went back to the USA and started acting in local theatres, but at the time, his luck showed him the way towards modeling as he was discovered by photographer David LaChappelle.
Being a model, Qualls worked for many reputable brands including Prada. He found exposure and popularity being a top-notch model, but again he discovered another track, back to acting where he found his real passion. Qualls stepped into the movie industry when he appeared in the movie “Road Trip” in 2000. Even though the movie was not critically acclaimed, it was a huge commercial success as it grossed around $120 million, with the budget being only $19 million.
Before this movie, Qualls had appeared in some television shows, but this movie opened the door to his acting career. Since then, he has appeared in several films such as “Cherry Falls”, “Big Trouble”, “Road Trip: Beer Pong”, “Last Day of Summer” and many more. To date, he has been involved in a total of nineteen Hollywood movies.
Along with movies, Qualls has shown his skillful acting in several television shows, with roles in the main casts of shows like “Memphis Beat”, “Legit” and others, Apart from that, he has also made appearances in other popular television shows such as “Monk”, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “The Big Bang Theory”, “Criminal Minds” and many more. Most recently he has been prominent on television with his role of “Citizen Z” in the series “Z Nation”.
DJ is also the model in Simple Plan’s music video for the song “I’m Just a Kid”. All of these movies and television shows have been very crucial towards amassing an impressive amount of net worth for DJ Qualls.
A skilled and passionate actor, Qualls personal life is generally private, with his only know girlfriend having been Nikki Read. He is mostly noted for his atypical and boyish look, and for now he is an eligible bachelor of Hollywood.
