Background
Iacono was born in Brooklyn, New New York
Iacono was born in Brooklyn, New New York
He graduated from John Glenn High School in 1989 and attended State University of New York Oswego, earning a degree in Public Justice in 1993.
He is perhaps best known for his roles on The Manitoba Show and the late night television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He went on to study law at Touro Law Center in Huntington, New York on Long Island, receiving his Juris Doctor in 1996. In 1997, Iacono moved from Long Island to Hollywood to pursue a career in television
Television to Hosting Iacono"s first foray into television writing was on the Fox Sports Net program Sports Geniuses, a sports-themed game show starring Matt Vasgersian on which Sal also appeared nightly in a trivia challenge.
In 2002, Iacono joined Kimmel during his weekly prognostication sketches on Fox NFL Sunday. Iacono wrote for the puppet show Crank Yankers.
When Win Ben Stein"s Money co-host Nancy Pimental left the show in 2002, Iacono replaced her, becoming Ben Stein"s co-host and comic tormentor. Iacono was the co-host through the rest of the run of the series and was nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Game Show Host category.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! writing staff since 2003.
He also appears frequently on the show in comedy sketches. Cousin Sal"s victims are invariably dumbfounded or become extremely infuriated, much to the delight of the viewing audience. WWE On Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 16, 2008, Iacono had a birthday cake delivered to Kimmel on air by his favorite wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper.
He and Piper were confronted by Santino Marella, who had the cake thrown on him and was attacked by Iacono.
The following Monday, Marella (dressed as Piper) brought Iacono to the ring on Monday Night Raw to "apologize" to "Cousin Sal". The real Piper entered the ring and Marella got his own apology cake thrown on him and on his way back to the locker room, he challenged Iacono to a wrestling match, which Piper accepted on Iacono"s behalf.
The match took place at the Friday Night SmackDown! tapings in Los Angeles on June 3, 2008.
"Cousin Sal" picks the lines for the next weeks NFL games, defends the Dallas Cowboys, and talks about sports and sports betting with Bill.
Iacono has been a permanent member of the Jimmy Kimmel Live!.