Acting credits
11
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
El Hedi ben Salem
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 11Series: 2Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 2727
IMDb ID: nm0373289
Known for: Acting
Born: January 1, 1936
Died: January 1, 1976
Age: 40
Place of birth: Morocco
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1972 - 2011
Years active: 40
Average TMDB rating: 6.91
Wikidata: Q337137
Also known as
Elhedi Ben Salem • El Hedi Ben Salem • Salem El Heïdi • Salem El Hedi
Other jobs
Set Production Assistant (1)Thanks (1)
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with El Hedi ben Salem.
5.8
My Name Is Not Ali
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Movie
10.0
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali (archive footage)
2007 Movie
6.6
Querelle
Thanks
1982 Movie
7.2
Fox and His Friends
as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)
1975 Movie
5.8
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Bodybuilder
1975 Movie
6.9
Martha
as Hotel Guest
1974 Movie
7.7
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Ali
1974 Movie
5.6
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Französischer Soldat
1973 Movie
5.8
Jail Bait
1973 Movie
7.4
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Set Production Assistant
1972 Movie
6.6
The Merchant of Four Seasons
as Araber
1972 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with El Hedi ben Salem.
