Ouz Zehavi at a Glance: 10 Surprising Facts About the Israeli Actor
Ouz Zehavi was born in Rishon Lezion in 1983, and his family later changed the surname from Goldstein to Zehavi. The profile marks his birthday by revisiting ten notable moments from a career that moved from television and stage work to music, reality TV, and even Hollywood.
During his military service in the Paratroopers in Hebron, Zehavi was lightly wounded in a shooting attack during the Second Intifada. He later developed post-trauma, received psychological treatment, and was discharged from the IDF after a medical review board.
His first television break came unexpectedly, when he arrived at an audition for the show “Ein” intending only to present a short segment and ended up being cast as a full host. His major rise to fame came with the youth series “The Island,” where he played Sol and became one of Israel’s best-known young stars.
Between 2008 and 2020, he appeared in six different Festigals, and in some of them he also wrote and composed songs. In 2012, Hollywood also took notice, casting him in a guest role on the American drama “Southland,” while a planned American version of “Tamarot Ashan” was later canceled.
The article also notes his public relationship with actress Lihi Kornowski in 2015 to 2016, when they were engaged for about six months before splitting. Zehavi later became vegan after watching an investigation into the meat industry and even spoke at a vegan congress, but eventually returned to eating meat when he felt the diet did not suit him. In the second season of “The Masked Singer,” he reached the grand final as Spaghetti and finished second, and in recent years he has also worked as a DJ at parties and festivals across Israel.
