( CNN ) -- One of the funniest couples in Hollywood is breaking up . Amy Poehler , star of the NBC comedy `` Parks and Recreation , '' and Will Arnett , best known for his work on `` Arrested Development , '' are separating after nine years of marriage , a representative for the couple said . Lewis Kay confirmed the two have split , but did n't have any other details on their breakup . The couple has two sons , a 3-year-old and a 2-year-old , according to the Internet Movie Database . The two met in 2000 and married three years later . They worked together several times . Poehler , 40 , played a woman Arnett 's `` Arrested '' character married in Las Vegas . In the movie `` Blades of Glory , '' they played a brother and sister figure skating team . He also played her love interest in one episode of `` Parks and Recreation . '' Arnett , 42 , told CNN in 2010 : `` There 's for sure a lot of joking around -- just as much as anybody in any household . But we 're a lot more boring than people think . Or , maybe it 's just as boring as people think . '' Arnett 's first marriage was to actress Penelope Ann Miller .
Couple met in 2000 and married three years later . They have appeared on screen together several times . She played his wife when he was on `` Arrested Development '' They have two young sons .