Michael Krebs

Michael Krebs
Born	Michael Paul Krebs (1956-02-20)February 20, 1956 Freeport, Illinois, U.S.
Died	January 29, 2023(2023-01-29) (aged 66) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Stage actor
Known for	Portraying Abraham Lincoln in historical productions

Michael Paul Krebs (February 20, 1956 – January 29, 2023) was an American actor, best known for his portrayals of Abraham Lincoln.

Career

Krebs portrayed Abraham Lincoln in film and presentations throughout the United States since 1994 offering insight to the 16th President's life and times. Krebs was a native of Freeport, Illinois, and former company member of New American Theater in Rockford, Illinois. He was cast as Abraham Lincoln in 2014 film Field of Lost Shoes. His appearances included the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, the Gerald Ford Presidential Library, Hoover Presidential Library, Chicago History Museum, Gettysburg, the New Salem, Illinois Historic Site, the Harold Washington Library, and an extended run in Chicago. Krebs presented Abraham Lincoln at Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum during international simultaneous reading of Gettysburg Address in 2009. Past credits include presentation in Library of Congress' Lincoln's Virtual Library in 1998, and live broadcast of the Galesburg Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1994 on C-SPAN. In 2014 Krebs appeared as Lincoln for the dedication and Veterans Legacy Summit events of Patriot Plaza at the National Cemetery in Sarasota, Florida.

External links

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
• Chicago History Museum
• Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
• Lincoln's Virtual Library at Library of Congress
• Knox College History
• 1994 reenactment of Lincoln-Douglas Debate in Galesburg, featuring Krebs as Lincoln sponsored by C-SPAN (Debate preview and Debate review)