Sal was born in Franklin, Kentucky and grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He is the oldest of seven siblings with one brother and five sisters.

Sal loves to sail and would like to live aboard a sailboat. He loves to travel and act. He has very diverse interests and is a "renaissance man". Sal has worked as an Emergency Medical Technician, in environmental health, as a Navy hospital Corpsman and later got into Information Technology fields. He has worked as an autopsy assistant, a security guard and managed bars. He has also held corporate management and board positions.

He's an avid fan of Sci-Fi and Horror movies and served a three-year term as the president and chairman of the board for Starfleet, the International Star Trek Fan Association, Inc. He continues as an actor, a stand-up comic, works as a professional real-bearded Santa and has recently formed a production company, LZP Films, Inc.