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