Dignam is a fictional police staff sergeant featured in the crime drama film The Departed , directed by Martin Scorsese. He was played by actor Mark Wahlberg.
Dignam is a man in his late thirties who works for a special task force of the Boston Police Department, holding the rank of Staff sergeant. In his past, he has worked as an undercover agent, routing out members of the Irish-American mob operating out of Southie. He later took an office position under Captain Oliver Queenan. Dignam was charged with vetting other officers who were going to be placed undercover in the cartel run by crime boss Frank Costello.
The cadet assigned to this position was one William "Billy" Costigan - a native Bostonian who already had ties to the mob in his family tree. Dignam was particularly brutal in his analysis of the cadet, hurling multiple profanity-laden insults in his direction.
Dignam is hard on Costigan, also threatening to eliminate his file and have him arrested like a simple Costello's soldier, making him angry, because at that time Costigan is very vulnerable as an infiltrator, with the fear that Costello could take him out to find out at any moment. On Queenan's murder, after assaulting Sullivan, Captain Ellerby dismisses him, but does not hesitate to say that he prefers to resign, as he will never want to work with the person responsible indirectly for the death of his boss and friend.
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We would be cunts. Are you calling us cunts? Oliver Queenan : Staff Sergeant Dignam has a style of his own. I'm afraid we all have to get used to it.
Dignam : [during Costigan's interview] Your fuckin' family's dug into the Southie projects like ticks. Three-decker men at best.
You, however, grew up on the North Shore, huh? Well, la-di-fuckin'-da. You were kind of a double kid, I bet, right? One kid with your old man, one kid with your mother. You're upper-middle class during the weeks, then you're droppin' your "R"s and you're hangin' in the big, bad Southie projects with your daddy, the fuckin' donkey on the weekends.
I got that right? Dignam : [Billy does not answer] Yup. You have different accents? You did, didn't you? You little fuckin' snake. You were like different people. Billy Costigan : You a psychiatrist? Dignam : Well, if I was I'd ask you why you're a Statie making 30 grand a year. So tell me, what's a lace-curtain motherfucker like you doing in the Staties? Billy Costigan : Families are always rising or falling in America, am I right?
Oliver Queenan : Who said that? Billy Costigan : Hawthorne. Dignam : [Dignam makes a farting sound] What's the matter, smartass, you don't know any fuckin' Shakespeare? Oliver Queenan : [during Costigan's interview] We have a question: Do you want to be a cop, or do you want to appear to be a cop? It's an honest question.
A lot of guys just want to appear to be cops. Gun, badge, pretend they're on TV. Dignam : Yeah, a lot of people just wanna slam a nigger's head through a plate-glass window. Billy Costigan : I'm all set without your own personal job application. Alright, Sergeant? Dignam : What the fuck did you say to me, trainee?
Billy Costigan : [to Queenan] With all due respect, sir, what do you want from me? Dignam : Hey asshole, he can't help you! I know what you are, okay? I know what you are and I know what you are not. I'm the best friend you have on the face of this earth, and I'm gonna help you understand something, you punk.
You're no fuckin' cop! Oliver Queenan : [meeting privately under a bridge next to a river] Okay, kid. Let's do this. Come on, spread 'em.
Dignam : Hey, what do you think you can pop somebody and there's a special card to play? That guy, Jimmy Bags whose jaw you broke happens to work undercover for the Boston Police Department.
Billy Costigan : I'm going fucking nuts, man. I can't be someone else every fuckin' day. Films like 's Taxi Driver and 's The Wolf of Wall Street are certifiable classics, deserving of their spots atop cinema history. Among his rock-solid filmography is 's The Departed , a film packed to the gills with stars and captivating performances. This crime drama stands in a league of its own, and its closing moments are especially proof of this claim.
The movie opened on October 6, , and was an instant hit. The Departed was well received by audiences and critics alike, contributing to it bagging four Oscars that year — including Scorsese's first win for Best Director.
Like the best of Scorsese's masterworks, The Departed weaves a layered story that will stick with you long after the credits roll. There is so much to think about even after the movie is over, thanks largely to a conclusion that initially feels abrupt and even jarring. The movie ends decisively, yet leaves viewers with plenty of questions consider — not all of which have easy answers.
Dignam Mark Wahlberg , the final death in a rapid chain of executions in the film's third act. Given that Sullivan's cover was blown by Billy Costigan Leonardo DiCaprio shortly beforehand, it makes sense that Dignam would be prepared to take him out of commission.
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