Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 1, 1936
Place of Birth
Morocco
Also Known As
- Elhedi Ben Salem
- El Hedi Ben Salem
- Salem El Heïdi
- Salem El Hedi
El Hedi ben Salem
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 - Movies
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
Martha
as Hotel Guest
Jail Bait
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
