In 2019, he became the first Bulgarian to go on the red carpet at the 91st Academy Awards, after he played a supporting role in the film Green Book, which won Best Picture.

Regardless of the difficulties that followed after his prison term, Dimiter graduated with a master's degree as an honor student from the Bulgarian National Academy for Theatre and Film in Sofia.

Partnering with Michael Ari Wulffhart they created, developed and taught numerous children educational programs for the YMCA and the San Diego Zoo.

After completing a three-year business venture with his family in Costa Rica from 2006 to 2009, Marinov returned to the United States in order to expand his acting career in commercials, television and film.

In the Bandito Brothers production Act of Valor, which was his very first US film audition, Marinov made his big screen debut as the diabolical Kerimov, the Russian scientist and smuggler.