Los Angeles - Actor David Duchovny has checked out of a rehab clinic for sexual addiction and will return to star in the hit comedy Californication as the sex-obsessed character Hank Moody, according to People Magazine Tuesday.

"David is out of rehab and about to start a new movie," lawyer Stanton "Larry" Stein told the celebrity magazine. "He successfully completed his treatment."

Duchovny, 48, is the former star of The X-Files. He entered the clinic in August following unspecified problems. He is married to actress Tea Leoni. They live in Malibu, California, with their two children, daughter Madelaine, 9, and son Kyd, 6.

Duchovny won a Golden Globe award last year for his portrayal of Moody in Californication. The character is a novelist and former New Yorker living in Los Angeles who is unable to resist sexual advances from women, even though they invariably embroil him in extreme complications. (dpa)