Murray Salem (January 12, 1950 – January 6, 1998) was an American television actor and screenwriter. He appeared in a number of television shows as an actor, including the miniseries Jesus of Nazareth as Simon the Zealot. He wrote the script for the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Kindergarten Cop. Murray Salem died in Los Angeles, California, on January 6, 1998, from AIDS complications, aged 47.