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Acting

El Hedi ben Salem

Career

Active from 1974 to 2007, with a break from 1976 to 2006, with up to 1 main title a year.

Leading roles
3
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score76/100
Highest rated
Poster for Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 9 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
El Hedi ben Salem Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.9, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.8, average 5.4
  • Crime
    2.4, average 3.6
  • Violence
    3.0, average 4.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

11
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2000s

1 title
When Fear Eats the Soul
When Fear Eats the Soul (2007)

as Ali (archive footage)

1980s

1 title · average score 66
Querelle
Querelle (1982)
GoodWatch score 66

Thanks

1970s

9 titles · average score 76
Like a Bird on a Wire
Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
GoodWatch score 62

as Bodybuilder

Fox and His Friends
Fox and His Friends (1975)
GoodWatch score 81

as Salem the Moroccan (uncredited)

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
GoodWatch score 91

as Ali

Martha
Martha (1974)
GoodWatch score 81

as Hotel Guest

World on a Wire
World on a Wire (1973)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show · as Bodyguard

Tenderness of the Wolves
Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
GoodWatch score 61

as Französischer Soldat

The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972)
GoodWatch score 76

Set Production Assistant

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day (1972)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show · as Dunkelhäutiger Arbeiter

The Merchant of Four Seasons
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1972)
GoodWatch score 70

as Araber