El Hedi ben Salem

Known for: Acting

Born: 1936-01-01 – 1976-01-01 (aged 40)

From: Morocco

El Hedi ben Salem was a Moroccan actor. He is best known as the lover and collaborator of provocative German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder. He died while in prison. Fassbinder dedicated his last film, Querelle (1982), to Salem. In 2012, a documentary on Salem's life entitled My Name Is Not Ali, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival.

Filmography (11)

MOVIE★ 6.3
My Name Is Not Ali
2011
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 10.0
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007
as Ali (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Fox and His Friends
1975
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 5.9
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975
as Bodybuilder
MOVIE★ 7.0
Martha
1974
as Hotel Guest
MOVIE★ 7.7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974
as Ali
TV★ 7.3
World on a Wire
1973
as Bodyguard
MOVIE★ 5.7
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973
as Französischer Soldat
MOVIE★ 6.1
Jail Bait
1973
TV★ 7.7
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
1972
as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972
as Araber