diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaBrowser.Providers.csproj b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaBrowser.Providers.csproj
index fd50cf25a0..345cf581e7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaBrowser.Providers.csproj
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaBrowser.Providers.csproj
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@
     <Compile Include="TV\SeasonProviderFromXml.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TV\SeriesProviderFromXml.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TV\SeriesXmlParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="TV\TvdbPersonImageProvider.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TV\TvdbPrescanTask.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TV\TvdbSeriesImageProvider.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TvdbPersonImageProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TvdbPersonImageProvider.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcdd03fc10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/TV/TvdbPersonImageProvider.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
+using MediaBrowser.Controller.Providers;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
+using MediaBrowser.Model.Logging;
+using MediaBrowser.Providers.Extensions;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using System.Xml;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.TV
+{
+    public class TvdbPersonImageProvider : BaseMetadataProvider
+    {
+        private readonly ILibraryManager _library;
+        private readonly IProviderManager _providerManager;
+
+        public TvdbPersonImageProvider(ILogManager logManager, IServerConfigurationManager configurationManager, ILibraryManager library, IProviderManager providerManager)
+            : base(logManager, configurationManager)
+        {
+            _library = library;
+            _providerManager = providerManager;
+        }
+
+        public override bool Supports(BaseItem item)
+        {
+            return item is Person;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Fetches metadata and returns true or false indicating if any work that requires persistence was done
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+        /// <param name="force">if set to <c>true</c> [force].</param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+        /// <returns>Task{System.Boolean}.</returns>
+        public override async Task<bool> FetchAsync(BaseItem item, bool force, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.PrimaryImagePath))
+            {
+                var seriesWithPerson = _library.RootFolder
+                    .RecursiveChildren
+                    .OfType<Series>()
+                    .Where(i => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(i.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb)) && i.People.Any(p => string.Equals(p.Name, item.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+                    .ToList();
+
+                foreach (var series in seriesWithPerson)
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        await DownloadImageFromSeries(item, series, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
+                    catch (FileNotFoundException)
+                    {
+                        // No biggie
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    // break once we have an image
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.PrimaryImagePath))
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+            }
+
+            SetLastRefreshed(item, DateTime.UtcNow);
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Downloads the image from series.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="item">The item.</param>
+        /// <param name="series">The series.</param>
+        /// <param name="cancellationToken">The cancellation token.</param>
+        /// <returns>Task.</returns>
+        private async Task DownloadImageFromSeries(BaseItem item, Series series, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            var tvdbPath = RemoteSeriesProvider.GetSeriesDataPath(ConfigurationManager.ApplicationPaths, series.GetProviderId(MetadataProviders.Tvdb));
+
+            var actorXmlPath = Path.Combine(tvdbPath, "actors.xml");
+
+            var xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
+
+            xmlDoc.Load(actorXmlPath);
+
+            var actorNodes = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("//Actor");
+
+            if (actorNodes == null)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            foreach (var actorNode in actorNodes.OfType<XmlNode>())
+            {
+                var name = actorNode.SafeGetString("Name");
+
+                if (string.Equals(item.Name, name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    var image = actorNode.SafeGetString("Image");
+
+                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(image))
+                    {
+                        var url = TVUtils.BannerUrl + image;
+
+                        await _providerManager.SaveImage(item, url, RemoteSeriesProvider.Current.TvDbResourcePool,
+                                                       ImageType.Primary, null, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
+
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        public override MetadataProviderPriority Priority
+        {
+            get { return MetadataProviderPriority.Third; }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.sln b/MediaBrowser.sln
index 744debbcd2..0c5360b494 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.sln
+++ b/MediaBrowser.sln
@@ -237,4 +237,7 @@ Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
 	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(Performance) = preSolution
+		HasPerformanceSessions = true
+	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal