But he bares more than a striking resemblance to the J. K. Rowling character.
His wizardry on the field is nothing short of miraculous.
Undoubtedly the best slow bowler New Zealand has produced, the question remains: Is Vettori destined to be our greatest all-rounder?Is he better than the likes of Sir Richard Hadlee, JR Reid or Chris Cairns? It is tempting to shake the head furiously, recoil and blurt out "no way".
But that position could become increasingly hard to maintain.
It is entirely possible Vettori could end his career as New Zealand's leading wicket-taker and close to New Zealand's leading run-scorer.
What then? Surely Vettori must be considered our best.
But right now the ungainly left-hander is shaded by both Hadlee and Cairns, though he has probably nudged ahead of Reid.
No-one has quite figured out how Vettori hits the ball to the parts of the ground he does or how he keeps scoring so many runs with a technique perhaps best described as awkward-chic.
It is one hack, swat, slap and prod after another. Ugly? Yes. Effective? You bet.
In 97 tests the No 8 batsman has scored 3779 runs at an average 30.72, including five 100s and 21 fifties.
Not bad at all when you consider he is picked as a bowler.
In fact, it is a better record than some of the country's most revered batsman.
Remember Bruce Edgar? You know, the assured left-hand opening batsman and the name everybody drops into the conversation when gnawing over New Zealand's top-order woes.
Well, the Wellingtonian scored 1958 runs in 39 matches at 30.59.
Sure, he faced the new ball and arguably better bowling, but it is an interesting comparison and helps put Vettori's achievement into perspective.
For the record, Vettori has scored more runs batting at No 8 than any other player in test history, and he trails only Stephen Fleming (7172), Martin Crowe (5444), John Wright (5334) and Nathan Astle (4703) on the list of New Zealand's leading run scorers.
Batting as low down the order as Vettori has for most of his career limits your opportunities to shine.
But in the past two or three seasons Vettori's batting has blossomed to the point where he is considered one of our most reliable contributors.
This calendar year he has scored 779 runs at nearly 60, and over the course of his career his strike rate has exploded.
Surprisingly, he accumulates his runs at a faster clip than Cairns.
Most would argue Cairns and Reid were superior batsman.
Cairns scored 3320 runs in 62 tests at 33.53, including five 100s.
Reid scored 3428 runs in 58 matches at 33.28, including six 100s.
Of the four all-rounders, he was arguably the strongest batsmen.
Hadlee was also a hard-hitting batsman like Cairns and Reid and scored 3124 runs at 27.19, including two 100s.
While Hadlee was the weakest batsmen statistically, he is by far and away the best bowler.
He remains New Zealand's leading wicket-taker with 431 scalps at 22.29.
Hadlee had a phenomenal strike rate (50.8) and took 36 five-wicket bags.
He also won nine man-of-the-match awards and carried the New Zealand attack for most of the 1980s.
With 313 wickets at 33.61, the 30-year-old Vettori could surpass Hadlee's tally.
But he will never match the great fast bowler's strike rate.
While Vettori has a very good economy rate of 2.62, his strike rate of 76.7 puts him behind both Hadlee and Cairns.
Cairns was arguably the most pure of the all-rounders, in that he was equally likely to win a game with either the bat or the ball.
He won six man-of-the match awards, took 218 wickets at 29.40 and had a very healthy strike rate of 53.6.
Had he not missed so much cricket through injury he would own the top all-rounders spot.
Along with Hadlee and Vettori, Cairns is in an elite group of 12 players who have taken at least 200 wickets and scored at least 3000 runs.
Reid took 85 wickets at 33.35 and just the one five-wicket bag.
Celebrated cricket writer Don Cameron said he "was born a generation too soon" and would have been well-suited to one-day and twenty/20 cricket.
But the king of all-rounders is Pakistan's Imran Khan, with 3807 runs at 37.69 and 362 wickets at 22.81.
An honourable mention for underrated South African Shaun Pollock, and apologies to Sir Garfied Sobers.
