Trunk actor somehow carries (5)
I believe the answer is:
torso
'trunk' is the definition.
(both can mean a person's chest)
'actor somehow carries' is the wordplay.
'carries' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'TORSO' is hidden in the letters of 'actor somehow'.
(Other definitions for torso that I've seen before include "Body's core" , "Body (excluding head, neck and limbs)" , "Limbless statue" , "Roots out in trunk of the body" , "Main part of human body" .)