'big screen roles' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to refer to roles in films or television shows that were made for a large cinema screen. Example: After appearing in several theater productions, she was finally offered some big screen roles.
Mork & Mindy "Na-nu na-nu!" Williams was not just revered for his big screen roles.
Having been trained in television drama, Mr. Lemmon slipped easily back to the small screen every time big screen roles grew scarce.
The 50-year-old is also re-visiting the animated character of Gru in Despicable Me 2. He told BBC Breakfast's Charlie Stayt about his latest big screen roles.
Lewis has a crop of big screen roles being released in 2015 including Werner Herzog's Queen of the Desert, opposite Nicole Kidman, John le Carre adaptation Our Kind of Traitor, alongside Ewan McGregor, and The Silent Storm, which debuted at the London Film Festival in October.
Lansbury's last big screen role was in 2011's Mr Popper's Penguins.
In 1972 she had her first big screen role in For the Love of Ada.
One big screen role that Firth fears has evaded him is James Bond.
Daniels' film stars Oprah Winfrey, in her first big screen role since 1998's Beloved, as Gaines's wife, Gloria.
She had an enjoyable big screen role in the comedy HouseSitter (1992), and went to Rome to star in a tranquil two-hander, Gentle into the Night (1998), declaring the director Antonio Baiocco the "nicest" of her career.
British model Cara Delevingne's first major big screen role as a character inspired by the murdered British student Meredith Kercher kept her front and centre of attention in Toronto last night.
Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling is a worthy inclusion, with her role in 45 Years among the year's best, but that performance is the actor's first notable big screen role for a while, with her TV work in Broadchurch and London Spy dominating.
