Paul Schneider will exit NBC’s Parks & Rec at the end of the season, The Los Angeles Times has learned.

Schneider, who plays City Planner Mark Brendanawicz on the popular comedy, is departing the show to focus on his burgeoning film career, Parks and Recreation co-creator and executive producer Mike Schur told The Times Monday.

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Andy Samberg’s on the way to NBC’s Parks and Recreation. On Thursday, series star Aziz Ansari used this snapshot to let the Twitterverse in on the scoop that SNL’s Samberg will appear as Park Ranger Carl during a Parks and Rec episode premiering later this season.