on-screen

American  

[on-skreen, awn-] / ˈɒnˈskrin, ˈɔn- /

adjective

1. occurring within a motion picture or television show or in an actor's professional life.

   a raucous on-screen personality that was at odds with his quiet private life.

2. displayed on a television screen; supplied by means of television.

   an on-screen course in economics.

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adverb

1. in a motion picture or television program or in one's professional life.

   On-screen he's a villain.

Etymology

Origin of on-screen

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

In a lengthy interview last month with Matthew McConaughey, his on-screen dad from 2014's Interstellar, Chalamet was apparently trying make the point that he didn't want cinemagoing to become a minority pursuit.

From BBC

The eight-episode series is Ritchie's second time bringing the detective to life on-screen, after directing the 2009 Robert Downey Jr film, Sherlock Holmes.

From BBC

Accordingly, in the White House video, a +100 integer flashes on-screen when a mortar shell connects with its target, as if the president himself were landing trick shots on his Twitch stream.

From Slate

An on-screen animation confirmed it was securely attached.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s been acting since infancy, making her on-screen debut at 3 months old in 1972, playing a baby boy alongside her mother in an episode of “Days of Our Lives”; by kindergarten, Applegate became a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

From Los Angeles Times