[1] Francis was born to Jamaican parents[2] and raised by his mother on a council estate in Battersea, South London.
[4] Upon graduating from LAMDA, Francis landed small roles in the Royal Shakespeare Company productions of The Comedy of Errors in Salford and Twelfth Night in Stratford-upon-Avon.
[6] Francis landed his first major onscreen role as Sgt Carl Haleford in the 2012 ITV war drama Homefront.
That same year, he made his feature film debut as Sean Warren in the sports drama Fast Girls and played Black in Blackta, returning to the Young Vic.
[8] Francis played Esmond Smith in the Education installment of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology, which premiered in 2020.