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Mar 21, 2023 · The star-studded ensemble cast of Martin Scorsese’s crime film The Departed is full of prolific actors playing characters ranging from morally gray to pure evil.
- Ben Sherlock
- Liam Gaughan
- Leonardo Dicaprio
- Martin Scorsese
- Frank Costello. Played by Jack Nicholson. Jack Nicholson had given so many great performances before The Departed that he had already reached "legendary" status.
- Sean Dignam. Played by Mark Wahlberg. Despite all the great performances in The Departed, Mark Wahlberg was the only actor in the film who received an Academy Award nomination for his work.
- Colin Sullivan. Played by Matt Damon. Matt Damon is such an inherently likable actor that seeing him play a truly villainous character may have caught audiences off guard.
- Billy Costigan. Played by Leonardo DiCaprio. Billy has an interesting backstory; his family's connection with organized crime allows him to seamlessly slip into Frank's inner circle.
It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Winter Hill Gang; the character Colin Sullivan is based on the corrupt FBI agent John Connolly, while the character Frank Costello is based on Irish-American gangster and crime boss Whitey Bulger.
Martin Scorsese won a long-awaited Best Director Oscar for this crime epic, about an undercover cop who infiltrates a Boston mob crew that has a mole in the state police department.
- Martin Scorsese, Brad Grey, Graham King
Sep 10, 2024 · The Departed is set in Boston. Colin Sullivan (played by Matt Damon) is a protégé of Irish American crime boss Frank Costello (Jack Nicholson), and he joins the state police force as a mole for Costello.
- Patricia Bauer
Jul 31, 2023 · Two of the main characters, Sullivan and Costigan, spend much of the film inhabiting identities that are not their own. This isn’t simply a case of adopting a false persona—it’s a complete departure from their true selves.
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William M. "Billy" Costigan Jr. was a police officer who infiltrates Frank Costello's gang. He is the main protagonist of The Departed. He was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio. Billy was born on November 7, 1980, to Catherine R. Costigan and William Costigan Sr., in Boston.
