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

O'Hara's on-screen son in holiday classics Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost In New York, Macaulay Culkin, also paid an emotional tribute on Instagram.

From BBC

The celebrity ambassadors are "a way for us to be on the record, to be on-screen. Now it's working. You can go to the social networks. You see Benin everywhere," Kpatindé says.

From BBC

Perhaps they should have heeded the advice offered by E-Trade’s “Waste of Money” ad that year, which featured a dancing monkey and ended with the on-screen punchline: “Well, we just wasted $2,000,000. What are you doing with your money?”

From MarketWatch

Part of an on-screen dynasty that includes his father Stellan Skarsgård, the “True Blood” and “Big Little Lies” breakout is approaching recent choices with care.

From Los Angeles Times

People inside and close to the company saw their horse race as a contest for the soul of Disney, between real world vs. on-screen entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal