George Montgomery (born April 26, 1962) is a retired American basketball player. He played basketball at Illinois, and was a second-round draft selection of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1985 NBA Draft, though he never played in the NBA. He is the biological father of Warriors center JaVale McGee, but did not raise his son.
George Montgomery retired from basketball so he could concentrate on his acting career and eventually won awards for best picture in 2001.