---
name: "Dimiter Marinov"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dimiter-d-marinov"
fi1m_id: "dimiter-d-marinov"
imdb_id: "nm1221253"
tmdb_id: 1613744
wikidata_id: "Q61893380"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 October 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 62
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T13:25:40.839752+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Dimiter Marinov

## Identity

Dimiter Marinov

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dimiter-d-marinov
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dimiter-d-marinov
- **IMDb ID:** nm1221253
- **TMDB ID:** 1613744
- **Wikidata ID:** Q61893380
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimiter_Marinov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61893380, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1221253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1613744

Actor. Born 6 October 1964 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 October 1964, Sofia, Bulgaria
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Also known as:** Dimiter D. Marinov, Димитър Маринов, D자. 마리노프
- **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 64 (1), 2020s 60 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimiter_Marinov, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61893380, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1221253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1613744

## Coming up

- *Paper Tiger* (2026-11-12), as Daniil

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Green Book*](https://film.one/film/green-book.md) (64)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Dimiter D. Marinov is a Bulgarian-American actor and violinist. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 6 October 1964, he trained as a classical violinist from childhood and later graduated with a master's degree from the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts (NATFA) in Sofia.

He began acting in Bulgaria in the late 1970s before defecting to the United States in 1990. Marinov made his US screen debut as Kerimov in *Act of Valor* (2012). He is best known for playing Oleg in *Green Book* (2018), for which he became the first Bulgarian actor to appear on the Academy Awards red carpet; the film won the Oscar for Best Picture. His other credits include roles in *Triple 9* (2016), *The Little Things* (2021) and television series such as *Scorpion* (2014) and *For All Mankind*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Little Things* (2021), Fi1m 60, as St. Agnes Hotel Manager — [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-things.md)
- *Green Book* (2018), Fi1m 64, as Oleg — [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Paper Tiger* (2026), as Daniil
- **Karaganda*: Red Mafia* (2025), as Vanya
- *Gundi: Legend of Love* (2024), as Asparuh
- *Pickled Herring* (2023), as Lev
- *Night Court* (2023), series, as Nikolai
- *Muse* (2021), as Violinist
- *The Little Things* (2021), as St. Agnes Hotel Manager — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/the-little-things.md)
- *Follow Me* (2020), as Igor
- *For All Mankind* (2019), series, as Ilya Breshov — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/for-all-mankind-2019.md)
- *A Picture With Yuki* (2019), as Major Grigor Antonov
- *Green Book* (2018), as Oleg — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/green-book.md)
- *Barry* (2018), series, as Abbas — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/barry.md)
- *S.W.A.T.* (2017), series, as George
- *Shooter* (2016), series, as Russian Officer
- *Triple 9* (2016), as Driver
- *Baskets* (2016), series, as Vladimir
- *The Odd Couple* (2015), series, as Sasha
- *Marvel's Agent Carter* (2015), series, as Fyodor
- *Scorpion* (2014), series, as Zoric
- *Behaving Badly* (2014), as Mantas Bartuska
- *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013), series, as Alexi Bisko — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/brooklyn-nine-nine.md)
- *The Americans* (2013), series, as Fyodor — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-americans.md)
- *Act of Valor* (2012), as Kerimov
- *Touch* (2012), series, as Taxi Driver
- *Mr. Sunshine* (2011), series, as Uncle
- *Law & Order: LA* (2010), series, as Chess Player
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Limo Driver
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Ghenna Kozlov — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *Three from the Sea* (1979), Actor
- *Brighton Beach*, as Arkadi
- *Rope Tied*, as Vasil Daskalov
- *The Kaiser*, as Eddie Jordan

## Gallery

- ![Dimiter Marinov](https://film.one/media/person/103394/gallery-19108068407e.jpg) Dimiter Marinov — Joyradost, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Mitkowiki.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dimiter Marinov](https://film.one/media/person/103394/gallery-2400687178b6.jpg) Dimiter Marinov — Image via TMDB
- ![Dimiter Marinov](https://film.one/media/person/103394/gallery-9c151fdf089c.jpg) Dimiter Marinov — Image via TMDB

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