Early life

Qualls was born in Nashville, Tennessee, one of five children of Debbie and Connie Qualls. He was raised in Manchester, Tennessee and attended school nearby. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 14; after two years of treatment, his cancer was said to be in remission. According to Qualls the chemotherapy he received at an early age sped up his metabolism and impacted his system at a time of growth, "It stopped my development," which explains his slender frame. After graduating from Coffee County Central High School, where he was an active member in the Red Raider Band, Qualls attended King's College, London, where he studied English language and English literature. He returned to Tennessee and enrolled in Belmont University in Nashville, where he also began acting in a local theater company.

Career

Qualls was an extra in the 1994 HBO film Against the Wall. He landed the small role of Jason in the miniseries Mama Flora's Family (1998) while participating 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. He debuted in Road Trip as shy virgin Kyle Edwards. After this, he worked as a model for Prada and photographers such as 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, Qualls played Archie in the film Comic Book Villains, Andrew in the film Big Trouble, Junior in the film Lone Star State of Mind, Dizzy Gillespie Harrison in the film The New Guy, and Rat in the sci-fi film The Core. He starred in the comedy Delta Farce. In 2005, he appeared as Shelby in the film Hustle & Flow. His television work includes eccentric hunter Garth Fitzgerald IV on Supernatural and appearances on Monk, Scrubs, Criminal Minds, Lost, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, CSI, Numb3rs, My Name Is Earl, Breaking Bad, The Big Bang Theory, and Memphis Beat.

Qualls appeared in a cameo in Britney Spears' music video "Boys" (2001) and was also in the "I'm Just a Kid" music video by Simple Plan (2002). He stars in the Paramount Pictures web series Circle of Eight. He most recently co-starred as Billy Nugent, a 33-year-old man with muscular dystrophy, on the television series Legit.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Road Trip	Kyle Edwards
2000	Cherry Falls	Wally
2001	Chasing Holden	Neil Lawrence
2002	Comic Book Villains	Archie	Co-producer
2002	Big Trouble	Andrew
2002	Lone Star State of Mind	Junior
2002	The New Guy	Dizzy Gillespie Harrison / Gil Harris
2003	The Core	Theodore Donald "Rat" Finch
2005	Hustle & Flow	Shelby
2005	Little Athens	Cory
2006	I'm Reed Fish	Andrew
2007	Delta Farce	Private Everett Shackleford
2008	Familiar Strangers	Kenny Worthington
2009	Road Trip: Beer Pong	Kyle Edwards
2009	All About Steve	Howard
2009	Circle of Eight	Randall
2010	Last Day of Summer	Joe	Executive producer
2010	Amigo	Zeke
2011	Running Mates	Graham "One Ball" Jones
2013	Small Apartments	Artie
2013	Pawn Shop Chronicles	JJ
2015	November Rule	Kareem

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Mama Flora's Family	Jason
2002	Scrubs	Josh	Episode: "My Student"
2005	Lost	Johnny	Episode: "Everybody Hates Hugo"
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Robie Boatman	Episode: "Scared Crazy"
2005	Criminal Minds	Richard Slessman	Episode: "Extreme Aggressor"
2005	Punk'd	Himself	Season 6, Episode 7
2006	Monk	Rufus	Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Big Reward"
2006	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Henry Garden	Episode: "Post Mortem"
2007	Numb3rs	Anthony Braxton	Episode: "Primacy"
2007	My Name Is Earl	Ray-Ray	2 episodes
2007	The Big Bang Theory	Toby Loobenfeld	Episode: "The Loobenfeld Decay"
2009	Breaking Bad	Getz	Episode: "Better Call Saul"
2010	Memphis Beat	Davey Sutton	20 episodes
2011-present	Supernatural	Garth Fitzgerald IV	4 episodes
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Marshall Demps	Episode: "Kupouli 'la"
2013	Perception	Agent Rudy Fleckner	2 episodes
2013-2014	Legit	Billy Nugent	Main character (26 episodes)
2014-present	Z Nation	Citizen Z	Series regular, 18 episodes
2015-present	The Man in the High Castle	Ed McCarthy	Series regular, 10 episodes

Music videos

Year	Artist	Title	Role
2001	Britney Spears	"Boys"
2002	Simple Plan	"I'm Just a Kid"

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