Adam Sandler as Zohanele "Zohan" Dvir (Hebrew: זוהן דביר), a superhuman counter-terrorist who aspires to be a stylist and fakes his death to pursue his dream under the alias of "Scrappy Coco".

Zohan was loosely based on Nezi Arbib, a hairstylist and former Israeli soldier in Solana Beach, California. Arbib taught Adam Sandler and the film crew different hairstyling techniques, while …

He's an Israeli counterterrorism soldier, but his secret ambition is to become a NYC hairstylist — and he'll do anything to make his dream come true. Watch trailers & learn more.

Tired of all the fighting in his country, legendary Israeli commando Zohan fakes his own death and goes to New York, where he can fulfill his fondest dream: to become a hairstylist.

Synopsis An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and …

Release Date: 6 June 2008 (United States) In YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN, a comedy from screenwriters Judd Apatow (Knocked Up), Robert Smigel (Triumph the Insult Comic Dog), and Adam …

An Israeli commando fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream: becoming a hairstylist in New York.