Salinas then enrolled at Centro de Educación Artística (CEA) in 1990 and after finishing his studies, he received his first opportunity in the telenovela Valeria y Maximiliano.

In 2008, Salinas was one of the leading actors of the successful telenovela Fuego en la sangre, where he shared credits with Adela Noriega and Eduardo Yáñez.

In 2012, producer Salvador Mejía Alexandre cast Salinas in the starring role for Qué bonito amor, a new version of the Colombian telenovela La Hija del Mariachi.

He played the protagonist,(Fernando Lascurian Borbolla) alongside Silvia Navarro (Ana Leal) and the villain Mayrin Villanueva.

In 2020, Salinas starred in "Te Doy La Vida" as Ernesto Rioja Armida with Eva Cedeno as Elena Villasenor and Jose Ron as Pedro Garrido.