Birthday: 12 September 1943, Colombo, Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]
Birth Name: Philip Michael Ondaatje
Michael Ondaatje was born on September 12, 1943 in Colombo, Ceylon as Philip Michael Ondaatje. He is a writer, known for The English Patient (1996), Elimination Dance (1998) and The Offering (1966). He is married to Linda Spaulding.