DJ Qualls

DJ Qualls grew up in the small city of Manchester in the Middle Tennessee one of five children After studying at The University of London he returned to Tennessee where he began acting in a local theatre During that time he was discovered by photographers David La Chappelle and Steve Klein which led to modeling work for Prada as well as other advertising campaigns In addition to his professional accomplishments Qualls is proud to be a cancer survivor and an advocate for cancer research and awareness Qualls made his feature film debut in Road Trip 2000 Qualls is also seen in the comedy thriller Cherry Falls 2000 in which he costars with Jay Mohr Brittany Murphy and Gabriel Mann in a story of the killings of virgins in a small town high school His earlier credits include the miniseries Mama Floras Familly 1998 TV based on the book by Alex Haley and Against The Wall