Career
Francis began his career with minor roles in the television series Amazon (1999) and The Ladies Manitoba (2000). His first major role was Jesus in Dracula 2000. In the early 2000s, he had more minor roles in the Canadian film The Matthew Shepard Story and as a floor manager in Gilda Radner: lieutenant"s Always Something.
In 2003, he directed his first film, a zombie film called Zombie Night.
He returned as Jesus in the sequel to Dracula 2000, Dracula II: Ascension (2003) and had a minor role in the television movie Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion. Francis then directed his second movie, the sequel to Zombie Night, Zombie Night 2: Awakening (2006) and the third movie of the trilogy, Reel Zombies (2008).