El Hedi ben Salem
Known for ActingBorn 1936-01-01 — died 1976-01-01Morocco
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
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
1974 · as Ali
The Merchant of Four Seasons
1972 · as Araber
Fox and His Friends
1975 · as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
My Name Is Not Ali
2011 · as Self (archive footage)
Martha
1974 · as Hotel Guest
Jail Bait
1973
Tenderness of the Wolves
1973 · as Französischer Soldat
When Fear Eats the Soul
2007 · as Ali (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire
1975 · as Bodybuilder