El Hedi ben Salem
Known For
Acting
Born
1936-01-01 in Morocco
Died
1976-01-01
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.
Most Known For
World on a Wire
as Bodyguard
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
Jail Bait
Martha
as Hotel Guest
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)