Chicago P.D. star Patrick John Flueger is taking a go away of absence from the NBC drama.

Flueger, who has portrayed Adam Ruzek because the sequence premiered in 2014, is taking the time to take care of a private matter and plans to return later this season, Leisure Weekly has discovered.

Scripts are being modified now, Deadline reported, as a result of the transfer was surprising.

The actor has been a forged member in all 12 seasons to this point — considered one of simply 4 authentic forged members nonetheless on the present, which debuted its thirteenth season this month.

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EW has reached out to NBC and Flueger for remark.

In season 12, Flueger's Adam married Kim Burgess, performed by Marina Squerciati. The beloved couple of Ruzek and Burgess — often called Burzek — tied the knot within the season 12 finale.

On the time, Squerciati instructed EW that her onscreen groom "was actually nervous. It was humorous."

She defined, too, that they hadn't shot precise vows for the marriage scene.

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"It was silent. It was simply silent," the actress stated. "You may hear me, in case you have been going to do the behind-the-scenes, I'm like, 'When can I get out of those heels?' I'm not used to working in heels. I'm glad I'm not on a lawyer present."

To this point this season, the 2 have raised their adopted younger daughter in Canaryville, the Chicago neighborhood the place he grew up. However Kim has broached the topic of residing in a brand new place with higher faculties that will assist their daughter's general well-being.

Along with the Dick Wolf drama, Flueger can be recognized for his appearances on the opposite Chicago universe reveals, Chicago Med and Chicago Fireplace, but in addition for motion pictures akin to Brothers, alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, Tobey Maguire, and Natalie Portman, and the 2011 model of Footloose.

Chicago P.D. airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC.

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