Sal Iacono (born July 5, 1971) is an American comedian, writer and game show host best known as "cousin Sal" on The Man Show and the late-night television show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Iacono and Kimmel are both cousins in real life. Iacono was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from John Glenn High School in 1989 and attended State University of New York at Oswego, earning a degree in Public Justice in 1993. He went on to study law at Touro Law Center in Huntington, Long Island receiving his Juris Doctorate in 1996. In 1997, Iacono moved from Long Island to Hollywood to pursue a career in television. Iacono's first foray into television writing was on the Fox Sports net game show called Sports Geniuses where he also appeared nightly in a trivia challenge. From there, he joined the writin