Abel Estanislao (born May 19, 1995, in

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) is a Filipino actor and model. He is notable in Teen Gen as Jose Vicente "JV" Cortez and one of three members in the 3Logy Band. He is an

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- Filipino.

Career

Abel Estanislao started his acting career when he landed the role of Jose Vicente "JV" Cortez in the youth oriented series of

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called Teen Gen where he was paired with Sunyee Maluche, also a newcomer. Since then, he has appeared in a number of television dramas with his home network, GMA7. It has been said that Estanislao's looks have a resemblance to veteran Filipino actor

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. Estanislao is the nephew of actor Jay Ilagan, husband of actress

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; and he is also the distant relative of actors Janno Gibbs and

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. In 2014, Estanislao became a member of musical trio ''3logy'', along with his ''Teen Gen'' co-star and best friend and "older brother" Jeric Gonzales and

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. Their first song is the revival of

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's hit ''Maybe It's You.''Jeric doesn’t mind being part of 3Logy

Filmography

Television

Discography

* ''Maybe It's You'' (3logy)

Trivia

* Estanislao is an ardent

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and was lead guitarist of a

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band which regularly performed in piano bars around the metro. * Estanislao is an accomplished

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and was captain of his high school swim team. He is also a 'Judoka' who had annually won the National Judo Championship since he started competing at age 7. He is now training to become a

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