Jack Nicholson will co-star with Hollywood hunks Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's upcoming gangster saga "The Departed".

The Oscar winning star of "As Good As It Gets" plays an Irish gang boss in the remake of the hit Hong Kong thriller "Internal Affairs", reported imdb.com.

Oscar winners Damon and DiCaprio play opposing undercover cops in the film, which also stars Mark Wahlberg ("The Italian Job II").

Nicholson was quoted as saying: "I've been looking for a bad guy - I just did three comedies. DiCaprio, Scorsese and I had been looking for something to do together."