For many of us, George Foreman has been a household name since the late ’90s, when the “Lean Mean Fat-Reducing Grilling Machine” — also known as the George Foreman Grill — first became one of the most popular infomercial products ever. 

Before he was the namesake for the bestselling grill, George had an impressive boxing career. Big George Foreman tells the incredible story of the man who quickly rose to the top of his sport to become an Olympic gold medalist and heavyweight boxing champion. After a devastating loss, George leaves the sport behind for good to become a preacher, only to return 20 years later to take his heavyweight title back once more. 

Directed by George Tillman, Jr., the film stars Khris Davis, Sullivan Jones, and Forest Whitaker, and Foreman himself worked on it as an executive producer.  

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Where can I watch Big George Foreman?

You can watch Big George Foreman now on Netflix. 

Where can I find the trailer for Big George Foreman?

Check it out here:
 

Who’s in the cast Big George Foreman?

• Khris Davis (Judas and the Black Messiah, Space Jam: A New Legacy) as George Foreman
• Sullivan Jones (Harlem) as Muhammad Ali
• Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland, Black Panther) as Doc Broadus 
• John Magaro (The Big Short) as Desmond Baker
• Jasmine Mathews (The Man From Toronto) as Mary Joan Martelly
• Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (The Waterboy) as Archie Moore
• Sam Trammell (True Blood) as Rev. Virdell Stokes
• Sonja Sohn (The Wire) as Nancy Foreman
• Shein Mompremier (Ludi) as Paula Foreman
• Robert Cicchini (Dreamgirls) as Angelo Dundee
• Matthew Glave (The Wedding Singer) as Howard Cosell
• Erica Tazel (Justified) as Mary Foreman
• Dwayne Barnes as Dick Sadler
• Deion Smith (Outer Banks) as Roy Foreman
• K Steele (We Have a Ghost) as Gloria Foreman
• Carlos Takam as Joe Frazier
• Cedric Boswell as Sonny Liston
• Tom Virtue (Even Stevens) as TV host Johnny Carson

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What happens in Big George Foreman?

After growing up in poverty in Houston, Texas, George signs up for the US Job Corps, where he meets mentor and boxing trainer Doc Broadus. With Doc’s help, George quickly becomes a force to be reckoned with. But after a devastating loss in the boxing ring, he retires from the sport and returns to Houston to become a preacher. He also opens a community youth center. Years later, George learns that his business partner made a number of bad investments, and with the closure of the youth group looming over him, George reunites with Broadus, prompting his return to the ring, in the hopes of becoming the oldest heavyweight boxing champion in history.

Where does Big George Foreman take place?

Big George Foreman is set in a few different places. First, in Houston, where George grew up and then became a preacher later in life. The movie also takes us to Oregon, where George worked at a US Job Corps camp and met Broadus, and then to Oakland, California, where he trained as a professional boxer. 

Is Big George Foreman based on a true story?

Yes, it’s based on the life of Olympic gold medalist and world heavyweight champion, boxer George Foreman.  

What happened to George Foreman?

George is still a preacher at his church and continues to run a youth center in Houston. In 1999, he sold the rights to the George Foreman Grill for $157 million, which he put back into his youth center and church. He is still married to his wife, Mary Joan Martelly, and is a father to 12 kids, five of whom are also named George.