Donald Joseph "DJ" Qualls (born June 12, 1978) is an American actor.
Qualls was born to Debbie and Donnie Qualls in Nashville, Tennessee, one of five children. He was raised in Manchester, Tennessee and attended school nearby. He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma at age 14, and after two years of treatment, his cancer was said to be in remission. After graduating in 1992 from Coffee County Central High School, in Manchester, Tennessee, Qualls attended the University of London in Britain where he studied English and literature. He returned to Tennessee in 1993 and enrolled in Belmont University in Nashville, where he also began acting in a local theatre company.