Also in 1986, Spacey made his first film appearance in Mike Nichols' "Heartburn" starring Meryl Streep, and Jack Nicholson. Spacey plays a small role credited as a subway thief. In 1988 Spacey also briefly appeared in another Nichols' film "Working Girl", as sleazy businessman Bob Speck. Some of Spacey's other early roles include a widowed, eccentric millionaire on "L.A. Law"; the television miniseries "The Murder of Mary Phagan" (1988), opposite Lemmon; and the comedy "See No Evil, Hear No Evil" (1989). He earned a fan base after playing the criminally insane arms dealer Mel Profitt on the television series "Wiseguy".