Conversation so far:
What was Tom Pettys's first acting project?
when he had a cameo in FM.
What year was that?
Petty's first appearance in film took place in 1978.
What project followed after that?
He later had a small part in 1987's Made in Heaven.
Did he work on any movies?
Petty appeared in the 1997 film The Postman.

Question: What role did he play in that film?
Self-contained rewrite: What role did Tom Petty play in that film The Postman?