You Don't Mess with the Zohan is a 2008 American action black comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, produced by Adam Sandler, written by Adam Sandler, Judd Apatow, and Robert Smigel, and starring Sandler, John Turturro, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, and Rob Schneider. It was the fourth film that included a collaboration of Sandler as actor and Dugan as director. The film revolves around Zohan Dvir (Hebrew: זוהן דביר‎), an Israeli army counterterrorist commando who fakes his own death in order to pursue his dream of becoming a hairstylist in New York City. It was released on June 6, 2008, in the US and on August 15, 2008, in the UK. The film grossed $204.3 million worldwide from a $90 million budget.