Los Angeles. The Well-known star of X-files has confessed to going in for treatment to have his addiction for sex cured. Duchovny at 48 is married to Tea Leoni, an actress in her own right and has two children . He has been married for 11 years and has a 9- year old daughter as well as a 6-year old son.
Duchovny gained a lot of fame for his role of an FBI agent, Fox Mulder in a thriller called “The X-Files”. The success of this paranormal thriller on the Fox network initiated two spin-offs on the big-screen, one of which hit the theatres this summer. The success story of Duchovny includes a Golden Globe Award, won in January for the best comic role in the Showtime series “Californication”. This character portrayed an oversexed single father, who is also a struggling novelist.
In his statement released through his lawyer, Stanton “Larry” Stein, Duchovny said, “I have voluntarily entered a facility for the treatment of sex addiction.” Furthermore, stressing on the need for seclusion, he added “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.” This statement was first of all released on people.com, which is the Web site of the People magazine. However, no further details of this statement are available.
