El Hedi ben Salem
- Born
- 1 January 1936 (40 years old)
- Passed away
- 1 January 1976
- Place of birth
- Morocco
- Gender
- Male
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.
