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"Breaking Bad star Jonathan Banks has won a role on NBC&amp;#039;s Parks and Recreation. Banks will play the father of Ben (Adam Scott) on the comedy&amp;#039;s fifth season, HitFix reports.   &amp;quot;We were working the character description of Ben&amp;#039;s dad,&amp;quot; Parks co-creator Mike Schur explained. &amp;quot;And I said aloud, &amp;#039;He should act like [Banks&amp;#039;s Breaking Bad character] Mike Ehrmantraut&amp;#039;. So somebody said, &amp;#039;Well, why can&amp;#039;t we just get Jonathan Banks?&amp;#039;&amp;quot; The exec producer added: &amp;quot;To me, at this exact moment in time, he&amp;#039;s everyone I know&amp;#039;s favorite actor.&amp;quot; The 65-year-old Banks has also recently appeared on Ringer, Two and a Half Men and Modern Family and was nominated for an Emmy for his performance in CBS&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;80s series Wiseguy. He will appear alongside Monk and ER actress Glenne Headly - who will play Ben&amp;#039;s mother - in the sixth episode of Parks and Recreation&amp;#039;s new run, according to TV Guide. The show returns to NBC in the US on Thursday, September 20, at 9.30/8.30c. &amp;gt; Amy Poehler&amp;#039;s Parks and Recreation casts comedian Jon Glaser &amp;gt; Parks and Recreation to air on BBC Four in the UK? Watch a promo for Parks and Recreation below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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