diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/ContentResult.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/ContentResult.cs
index e1d86fc1f03f..060aa72c40bf 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/ContentResult.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/src/ContentResult.cs
@@ -3,16 +3,22 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Formatters;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 
 namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// A <see cref="ActionResult"/> that when executed will produce a response with content.
     /// </summary>
-    public class ContentResult : ActionResult, IStatusCodeActionResult
+    public class ContentResult : ActionResult, IResult, IStatusCodeActionResult
     {
+        private const string DefaultContentType = "text/plain; charset=utf-8";
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or set the content representing the body of the response.
         /// </summary>
@@ -39,5 +45,55 @@ public override Task ExecuteResultAsync(ActionContext context)
             var executor = context.HttpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<IActionResultExecutor<ContentResult>>();
             return executor.ExecuteAsync(context, this);
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Writes the content to the HTTP response.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="httpContext">The <see cref="HttpContext"/> for the current request.</param>
+        /// <returns>A task that represents the asynchronous execute operation.</returns>
+        async Task IResult.ExecuteAsync(HttpContext httpContext)
+        {
+            if (httpContext == null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpContext));
+            }
+
+            var response = httpContext.Response;
+
+            ResponseContentTypeHelper.ResolveContentTypeAndEncoding(
+                ContentType,
+                response.ContentType,
+                DefaultContentType,
+                out var resolvedContentType,
+                out var resolvedContentTypeEncoding);
+
+            response.ContentType = resolvedContentType;
+
+            if (StatusCode != null)
+            {
+                response.StatusCode = StatusCode.Value;
+            }
+
+            var factory = httpContext.RequestServices.GetRequiredService<ILoggerFactory>();
+            var logger = factory.CreateLogger<ContentResult>();
+
+            logger.ContentResultExecuting(resolvedContentType);
+
+            if (Content != null)
+            {
+                response.ContentLength = resolvedContentTypeEncoding.GetByteCount(Content);
+
+                await using (var textWriter = new HttpResponseStreamWriter(response.Body, resolvedContentTypeEncoding))
+                {
+                    await textWriter.WriteAsync(Content);
+
+                    // Flushing the HttpResponseStreamWriter does not flush the underlying stream. This just flushes
+                    // the buffered text in the writer.
+                    // We do this rather than letting dispose handle it because dispose would call Write and we want
+                    // to call WriteAsync.
+                    await textWriter.FlushAsync();
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/ContentResultTest.cs b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/ContentResultTest.cs
index afe9675a695d..db4e0c66c803 100644
--- a/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/ContentResultTest.cs
+++ b/src/Mvc/Mvc.Core/test/ContentResultTest.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public class ContentResultTest
             MemoryPoolHttpResponseStreamWriterFactory.DefaultBufferSize;
 
         [Fact]
-        public async Task ContentResult_Response_NullContent_SetsContentTypeAndEncoding()
+        public async Task ContentResult_ExecuteResultAsync_Response_NullContent_SetsContentTypeAndEncoding()
         {
             // Arrange
             var contentResult = new ContentResult
@@ -45,6 +45,28 @@ public async Task ContentResult_Response_NullContent_SetsContentTypeAndEncoding(
             MediaTypeAssert.Equal("text/plain; charset=utf-16", httpContext.Response.ContentType);
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task ContentResult_ExecuteAsync_Response_NullContent_SetsContentTypeAndEncoding()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var contentResult = new ContentResult
+            {
+                Content = null,
+                ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("text/plain")
+                {
+                    Encoding = Encoding.Unicode
+                }.ToString()
+            };
+            var httpContext = GetHttpContext();
+            var actionContext = GetActionContext(httpContext);
+
+            // Act
+            await ((IResult)contentResult).ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            MediaTypeAssert.Equal("text/plain; charset=utf-16", httpContext.Response.ContentType);
+        }
+
         public static TheoryData<MediaTypeHeaderValue, string, string, string, byte[]> ContentResultContentTypeData
         {
             get
@@ -143,6 +165,36 @@ public async Task ContentResult_ExecuteResultAsync_SetContentTypeAndEncoding_OnR
             Assert.Equal(expectedContentData.Length, httpContext.Response.ContentLength);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(ContentResultContentTypeData))]
+        public async Task ContentResult_ExecuteAsync_SetContentTypeAndEncoding_OnResponse(
+           MediaTypeHeaderValue contentType,
+           string content,
+           string responseContentType,
+           string expectedContentType,
+           byte[] expectedContentData)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var contentResult = new ContentResult
+            {
+                Content = content,
+                ContentType = contentType?.ToString()
+            };
+            var httpContext = GetHttpContext();
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+            httpContext.Response.Body = memoryStream;
+            httpContext.Response.ContentType = responseContentType;
+
+            // Act
+            await ((IResult)contentResult).ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            var finalResponseContentType = httpContext.Response.ContentType;
+            Assert.Equal(expectedContentType, finalResponseContentType);
+            Assert.Equal(expectedContentData, memoryStream.ToArray());
+            Assert.Equal(expectedContentData.Length, httpContext.Response.ContentLength);
+        }
+
         public static TheoryData<string, string> ContentResult_WritesDataCorrectly_ForDifferentContentSizesData
         {
             get
@@ -246,6 +298,31 @@ public async Task ContentResult_WritesDataCorrectly_ForDifferentContentSizes(str
             Assert.Equal(content, actualContent);
         }
 
+        [Theory]
+        [MemberData(nameof(ContentResult_WritesDataCorrectly_ForDifferentContentSizesData))]
+        public async Task ContentResult_ExecuteAsync_WritesDataCorrectly_ForDifferentContentSizes(string content, string contentType)
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var contentResult = new ContentResult
+            {
+                Content = content,
+                ContentType = contentType
+            };
+            var httpContext = GetHttpContext();
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+            httpContext.Response.Body = memoryStream;
+            var encoding = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse(contentType).Encoding;
+
+            // Act
+            await ((IResult)contentResult).ExecuteAsync(httpContext);
+
+            // Assert
+            memoryStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+            var streamReader = new StreamReader(memoryStream, encoding);
+            var actualContent = await streamReader.ReadToEndAsync();
+            Assert.Equal(content, actualContent);
+        }
+
         private static ActionContext GetActionContext(HttpContext httpContext)
         {
             var routeData = new RouteData();
@@ -270,6 +347,7 @@ private static IServiceCollection CreateServices()
             services.AddSingleton<IActionResultExecutor<ContentResult>>(new ContentResultExecutor(
                 new Logger<ContentResultExecutor>(NullLoggerFactory.Instance),
                 new MemoryPoolHttpResponseStreamWriterFactory(ArrayPool<byte>.Shared, charArrayPool.Object)));
+            services.AddSingleton<ILoggerFactory>(NullLoggerFactory.Instance);
             return services;
         }