El Hedi ben Salem
Acting
Born 1936-01-01
Morocco
Biography
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.
Known For
Popular credits
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali
Fox and His Friends
Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
The Merchant of Four Seasons
Araber
World on a Wire
Bodyguard
Martha
Hotel Guest
Tenderness of the Wolves
Französischer Soldat
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
Jail Bait
Like a Bird on a Wire
Bodybuilder
My Name Is Not Ali
Self (archive footage)
When Fear Eats the Soul
Ali (archive footage)