Jeter was born in Pequannock Township , New Jersey , to an African-American father , Dr. Sanderson Charles Jeter ; his mother Dorothy is of Irish and German descent . Jeter was born in Pequannock , New Jersey in 1974 . His father , Dr. Sanderson Charles Jeter , a substance abuse counselor , is African American ; his mother , Dorothy , is Caucasian and of Irish\/German descent .